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Annual Report ~~ ~ OF THE

AMERICAN HISTORICAL

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FOR THE YEAR

1959 + VOLUME 1 +

Proceedings

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Washington, D. C. " ;' " " "

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J Letter of Submittal

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D. C., June 15, 1960. '" To the Congress of the :

In accordance with the act of incorporation of the American Historical Association, approved January 4, 1889, I have the honor of submitting to Congress the Annual Report of the Association for , the year 1959. I Respectfully, I f LEONARD CARMICHAEL, Secretary. III I\ f J \, /

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THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, Washington, D. C., June IS, 1960. ... !{ SIR: As provided by law, I submit herewith the Annual Report of the American Historica.1 Association for the year 1959. This consists of two volumes in one. Volume I contains the proceedings of the Association for 1959, and the report of the secretary-treasurer for the Pacific Coast Branch for 1959. Volume II will contain the Writings on American for 1957.

BOYD C. SHAFER, Executive Secretary. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D. C. I V t

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I--- ' . J ~ IJ \, J i ~ 1 I' . i I) ~ f CONTENTS Page \ Act of incorporation ...... •....•...... ••....••.•...... •••.....•...•.. IX ,; Organization and activities of the American Historical As- r) sociatlon .....•.•..•...... •...... ••••.•...... •... XI Constitution •...•.•.•.•...•...•...... •.•..•.•...... •.....•...... ••. XV 1 Officers and members of the Council for 1960 ...... XIX ... I Committees and delegates for 1960 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• XXIII Ad interim appointments for 1959 ...... XXV Pacific Coast Branch officers for 1960 ...... XXVII I Proceedings of the American Historical Association for I 1959 f Minutes of the meeting of the Council, December 27, I 1959 .....•.•.•...... •.....•....•...... •...•...... •...... 3 Minutes of the business meeting, December 29, 1959 ... 6 ~ Report of the Executive Secretary and Managing Editor \ for the year 1959 ..•..•..•.....•.•...•.•.•...•.••.•..•...... 8 i Report of the Treasurer for the fiscal year 1958- 59 .. .. 15 , Report of the Auditors for the fiscal year 1958-59 ...... 20 I Report of the Board of Trustees for 1958-59 ...... 21 \ Draft budgets, 1959-60, 1960-61, unrestricted funds .. .. 25 , Statistics of membership ...... 27 i Committee reports for 1959 ...... •...... 28 Othe r reports ...... •...... •...... 43 l Report of the Pacific Coast Branch for 1959 ...... 49 j VII \ !

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ACT OF INCORPORATION , ,

.~ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t United States of America in Congress assembled, That Andrew D. White, of Ithica, in the State of New York; , !' of Washington, in the District of Columbia; , of Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts; William F. Poole, of I, Chicago, in the State of nlinois; Herbert B. Adams of Baltimore, ,.> in the State of Maryland; Clarence W. Bowen, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, their associates and successors, are hereby created, in the District of Columbia, a body corporate and politic by the name of the American Historical Association, for the pro­ motion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the interest of American history, and of history in America. Said Association is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia as far as may be necessary to its lawful ends, to adopt

..I I a constitution, and make bylaws not inconsistent with law. Said As­ I sociation shall have ita principal office at Washington, in the Dis­ !" trict of Columbia, and may hold its annual meetings in such places as the said incorporators shall determine. Said Association shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, '" concerning its proceedings and the condition of historical study 1, in America. Said Secretary shall communicate to Congress the whole of such report, or such portions thereof as he shall see fit. ~ The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to permit J said Association to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material for history in the Smithsonian In­ stitution or in the National Museum, at their discretion, upon such conditions and under such rules as they shall prescribe. I The real property situated in Square 817, in the city of Wash­ ington, District of Columbia, described as lot 23, owned, occupied, and used by the American Historical Association, is exempt from all taxation so long as the same is so owned and occupied, and not used for commercial purposes, subject to the provisions of sec­ I tions 2, 3, and 5 of the Act entitled, "An Act to define the real ~ property exempt from taxation in the District of Columbia", ap­ proved December 24, 1942. ) [Approved, January 4, 1889, and amended July 3, 1957.1 } IX :', 'j I, \

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ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES

THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

THE ASSOCIATION

'''', \ / f in merlca. It is a society not only for scholars, though it has for the last \ half century included in its membership the outstanding historical scholars in America. not only for educators. though it has included the great American teachers of history, but also for every man and { woman who is interested in the stud of histo in America. Its } most generous bene actors have been nonprofessionals who love j history for its own sake and who wish to spread that love of history " i to a wider and wider circle. ( LEADERSHIP '" Among those who have labored as members and later served it also as President, the Americ,an Historical As sociation can list I such distinguished names as George Bancroft, Justin Winsor, , . , Henry C. Lea, John Bach McMaster, , Theodore Roose­ velt, , , J. Franklin Jameson, Charles M. Andrews, James H. Breasted, , 1 , Carl L. Becker. and Charles A. Beard. 1 ANNUAL MEETING ) It meets in the Christmas week at a different place each year to accomtnodate in turn members living in different parts of the t country. The attendance at these tneetings has been increasing ) I steadily. In recent years registration has varied froq} 2,230 to 2,450. The formal programs of these meetings include important , contributions to every field of historical scholarship. many of ") which are SUbsequently printed. \ PUBUCA TIONS J The publications of the Association are many and their scope 1 is wide. The Annual Report, usually in two or more volumes, is printed ,! for the Association by the United States Goyernment. It contains the Proceedings of the Association, as well as bibliographies and guides to materials. The American Historical Review, published quarterly and distributed free to all members of the Association, '. {~ is the recognized organ of the historical profession in America. \ It prints authoritative articles and critical reviews of new books ! in all fields of history. The Association als'o cooperates with the ~}\ National Council for the Social Studies in the publication of Social " • i XI , ~ )

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Education, one of the nlost inlportant journals in Atnerica dealing with the problenls of history teaching in the schools. , , , Besides these periodical publications, the Association controls a revolving fund out of which it publishes fronl tinle to tinle his­ torical nlonographs selected fronl the whole field of history. It has as well three separate endoWnlent funds, the inconle fronl which r' • is devoted to the publication of historical studies. The Albert J. Beveridge Fund of $100,000 was established as a nlemorial to the late Senator Beveridge by his wife, Catherine Beveridge, and a large group of his friends in Indiana. The income from this fund is applied to the publication of historical monographs. The Littleton­ Griswold Fund was established by Alice Griswold in memory of her father, William E. Littleton, and of her husband, Frank T. Griswold. The income from this fund, the principal of which amounts to $35,000, is applied to the publication of material relative to the legal history of the United States in the colonial period. The Mat­ teson Fund, now amounting to approximately $95,000, was willed to the Association by the late David M. Matteson. The income from this fund may be used only for bibliographies and indexes.

ornER ACTIVITIES The Association from tinle to Unle, through special commit­ tees, interests itself actively in promoting the sound teaching of .. history in the schools. It has done nluch and is doing more to col­ lect and preserve historical manuscripts in public and private repositorie s. The Association maintains close relationships with state and local historical societies and with the federal government. For many years it has had a Pacific Coast Branch for nlembers living in the Far West.

SOURCES OF SUPPORT The Anlerican Historical Association is in a position to do sig­ nificant and useful work, not only in the advancement of learning but also in the dissemination of knowledge. It commands the re­ sources of the learned historians, but it also recognizes the neces­ sity of bringing the fruits of learning to the average American. It needs to be supported. Its capital funds, with a present value of over $730,000 (original value, $308,685), are carefUlly managed by a Board of Trustees composed of men prominent in the world of finance. But much of the income is earmarked for special publica­ tions. For its broader educational purposes it has to depend chiefly upon its membership dues. It has about 8,400 members.

MEMBERSHIP

The Atnerican Historical Association welcomes to its menlber­ ship anyone who subscribes to its purposes. There is no initiation fee. The annual menlbership, including subscription to The Ameri­ can Historical Review, is $7.50, and student menlbership is $4.00. The life menlbership is $150. Inquiries about any phase of its activities may be addressed to the Executive Secretary of the As­ sociation, 400 A Street, S. E., Washington 3, D. C.

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PRIZES

The As sociation offer s the following prize s: The Herbert Baxter Adams Prize of $300 is awarded biennially in the even-numbered years for a monograph (first or second book), in manuscript or in print, in the field of European history. The George Louis Beer Prize of $ 300 is awarded annually for r' • the best work (first or second book) on any phase of European in­ ternational history since 1895. Competition is limited to citizens of ) the United State s and to works in the English language. A work may c' be submitted either in manuscript or in print. The John H. Dunning Prize of $ 300 is awarded biennially in the even-numbered years for a monograph, either in print or in manu­ script, on any subject relating to American history. Eligibility of printed works submitted in competition for this prize shall-be limited to books printed within 2 years and 5 months prior to June 1 of the year in which the award is made. Entries are restricted to "first books" or unpublished manuscripts and preference given to , I those of younger scholars. ) The Watumull Prize of $ 500 is awarded biennially (next award 1960) for the best book originally published in the United States on any phase of the history of India. The Robert Livingston Schuyler Prize of $100 is awarded every

....-~ 5 years to the author of thebestwork of scholarship published dur­ ing the preceding 5-year period in the field of modern British and British Imperial and Commonwealth history since the beginning of I the reign of Elizabeth (exclusive of American colonial history) be­ I fore 1783. The author must be an American citizen, and the books \ must have been originally published in the United States. The prize 1 , is made possible by the TaraknathDas Foundation (next award 1961). All works submitted in competition for the above prizes must be in the hands of the proper committee by June I of the year in which ~ the award is made. The date of publication of printed monographs "! submitted in competition must fall within a period of 2-1/2 years prior to June I of the year in which the prize is awarded. j The Albert J. Beveridge Award, established at the annual meet­ ing in 1945, is awarded annually for the best complete original manuscript on American history. By American history is meant \ the history of the United States, Latin America, and Canada. The award has a cash value of $1,000. The winning manuscript in each ") annual competition is published without cost to the author in the series of Beveridge Fund publications; other manuscripts also may be so published at the discretion of the committee on the Albert J. Beveridge Award, which is charged with the administration of the ) award. The deadline for the submission of applications and manu­ scripts is May I. 1, The Moses Coit Tyler Prize of $1,500 plus publication of the I manuscript is offered biennially in the odd-numbered years for the best unpublished work in American intellectual history. The Press gives the funds for the prize and publishes the manuscript. By American intellectual history is meant the history of agencies of intellectual Ufe, movements of thought, and the biog­ raphies of intellectual leaders, in the geographical area comprising \ the United States, from 1607 to the present. -I'"

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CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE I

SECTION 1. The name of this society shall be the American t' • Historical Association.

..l ARTICLE n SECTION 1. Its object shall be the promotion of historical I, studies.

ARTICLEm SECTION 1. Any person approved by the Council may become an active member of the Association. Active membership shall date from the receipt by the Treasurer of the first payment of dues, which shall be $ 7.50 a year or a single payment of $ 150 for life. \ Life member.ship is given.members who have belonged to the Asso­ I ciation for fifty years. Any graduate or undergraduate student 1 I registered in a college or university may become a junior member l of the Association upon payment of $4 and after the first year may " I continue as such as long ashe is registered as a student, by paying I. the annual dues of $ 4. Annual dues slu!.ll be payable at the beginning I ! of the year to which they apply and any member whose dues are in \ arrears for 1 year may, 1 month after the mailing of a notice of 1 ) such delinquency to his last known. address, be dropped from the rolls by vote of the Council or the Executive Committee. Members I who have been so dropped may be reinstated at any time by the payment of 1 year's dues in advance. Only active members shall \ have the right to vote or to hold office in the Association. Persons not resident in the United States may be elected by the Council as .J honorary or corresponding members, and such members shall be l, exempt from payment of dues.

1 ARTI~LE IV SECTION 1. The officers shall be a P~esidtimt, a Vice President, \f \ a Treasurer, an Executive Secretary, a Managing Editor of The j American Historical Review, and, at the discretion of the Council, an Editor and an Assistant 'Secretary,-Tr~asurer~ ) SEC. Z. It shall be the duty of the Executive Secretary, under I ) the direction of th.e Council, to promote historical scholarship in America through the a,gencie~ of the Association. He shall exercise general oversight over,,, ~e affairs, of the Association, supervise > the work of its committees, formulate policies for presentation to I the Council, execute its poliCies and perform such other duties as the Council may from thne to time direct. \( SEC. 3. The other officers of the Association shall have such , duties and perform such functions as are customarily attached to their respective offices or as may from time to time be prescribed /'( by the Council. J: '\ (' xv I j I ;- I I i

L , , t .~ '. " XVI AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION SEC. 4. The President, Vice President, and Treasurer shall be elected in the following manner: The Nominating Committee at such convenient time prior to the 1 st of September as it may determine , · shall invite each member of the Association to indicate his or her "I nominee for each of these offices. With these suggestions in mind, it shall draw up a ballot of nominations which it shall mail to each member of the Association on or before the 1 st of December, and which it shall distribute as the official ballot at the Annual Business Meeting. It shall present to this meeting orally any other nomina­

) tions for these offices petitioned for to the Chairman of the Com­ " mittee at least one day before the Business Meeting and supported by the names of 20 voting members of the Association. The election shall be made from these nominations at the Business Meeting. SEC. 5. The Executive Secretary, the Assistant Secretary­ Treasurer, the Managing Editor of The American Historical Review, and the Editor shall be appOinted by the Council for I!IRecified terms of office not to exceed 3 years, and shall be eligible for reappoint­ ment. They l!lhall receive such compensation as the Council may determine. SEC. 6. If the office of President shall, through any cause, be­ come vacant, the Vice President shall thereupon become President.

ARTICLE V '"' SECTION 1. There shall be a Council, constituted as follows: (a) The President, the Vice President, the Executive Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Managing Editor of The American Historical Review. , (b) Elected members, eight in number, chosen by ballot in the manner provided in Article VI, Section 2. These members shall be elected for a term of 4 years; two to be elected each year, except in the case of elections to complete unexpired terms. (c) The former Presidents, but a former President shall be entitled to vote for the 3 years succceeding the expiration of his term as President, and no longer. SEC. Z. The Council shall conduct the business, manage the property, and care for the general interests of the Association. In the exercise of its proper functions, the Council may appoint such committees, commisl!lions, and boards as it may deem neces­ sary. The Council shall make a full report of its activities to the Annual Meeting of the Association. The Association may by vote at any Annual Meeting instruct the Council to discontinue or enter I upon any activity, and may take such other action directing the affairl!l of the Association as it may deem necessary and proper. ) SEC. 3. For the transaction of necessary business when the Council is not in session, the Council shall elect annually from its membership an Executive Committee of not more than six members which l!lhall include the Executive Secretary and the Treasurer. SUbject always to the general direction of the Council, the Executive Committee shall be responsible for the management of Association interests and the carrying out of Association poliCies.

ARTICLE VI SECTION 1. There shall be a Nominating Committee to consist of five members, each of whom shall serve a term of 2 years. In ~ • '1 ; , i CONSTITUTION XVII

the odd-numbered years, two new members shall be elected; in the even-numbered years, three; this alternation shall continue except in the case of elections to complete unexpired terms. U vacancies on the Nominating Committee occur between the time of the Annual ,.., Elections, the Nominating Committee shall fill them by direct ad interim appointments. __ SEC. 2. Elective members of the Council and members of the Nominating Committee shall be chosen as follows: The Nomi­ , ,-' nating Committee shall present for each vacant membership on the J Council and on the Nominating Committee 2 or more names, in­ ." cluding the names of any person who may be nominated by a ~) petition carrying the signatures of 20 or more voting members of the Association. Nominations by petition must be in the hands of the Chairman of the Nominating Committee by November 1st. The Nominating Committee shall present these nominations to the members of the Association in the ballot distributed by mail as described above. The members of the Association shall take their choice from among these nominations and return their ballots for counting not later than the 20th of December at 6 p.m. No vote received after that time shall be valid. The votes shall be counted and checked in such manner as the Nominating Committee shall prescribe and shall then be sealed in a box and deposited in the Washington office of the Association, where they shall be kept for .. at least a year. The results of the election shall be announced at the Annual Business Meeting. In case of a tie, choice shall be made J at the Annual Business Meeting from among the candidates receiv­ ? ing the highest equal vote.

ARTICLE VII SECTION 1. There shall be a Board of Trustees, five in number, 1-" consisting of a chairman and four other members, nominated by the Council and elected at the Annual Meeting of the Association. Election shall be for a term of 5 years except in the case of an f I election to complete an unexpired term. The Board of Trustees, ;" acting by a majority thereof, shall have the power to invest and reinvest the permanent funds of the Association with authority to employ such agents, investment counsel, and banks or trust com­ l+. panies as it may deem wise in carrying out its duties, and with further authority to delegate and transfer to any bank or trust company all its power to invest or reinvest; neither the Board of Trustees nor any bank or trust company to whom it may so transfer its power shall be controlled in its discretion by any statute or other law applicable to fiduciaries and the liabilities of the individual members of the board and of any such bank or trust company shall II, be limited to good faith and lack of actual fraud or wilUul miscon­ duct in the discharge of the duties resting upon them. J 1

ARTICLE vm SECTION 1. Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed by a majority vote of any regular business session of the Association or by a majority vote of the Council and may be adopted by a \ majority vote of the next regular business session, provided 5.,167 0 - 60 - 2

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Officers and Members of the Council

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OFFICERS

.) t PRESIDENT ~ /, BERNADOTTE E. SCHMITT Alexandria,' Va. ~, t VICE PRESIDENT :' I ~ ~ Yale Universio/, New Haven, Conn. l ~ TREASURER ELMER LOUIS KAYSER George Washington University, Washington, D. C•

.. EXECUTIVE SECRETA,RY AND MANAGING EDITOR

BOYD C. SHAFER 400 A Street, S. E., Washington 3, D. C. II l COUNCIL EX OFFICIO

THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND MANAGING EDITOR

FORMER PRESIDENTS

CHARLES H. McILWAIN , Cambridge, Mass.

GUY STANTON FORD Washington, D. C. ) ARmUR M. SCHLESINGER [l, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

CARLTON J. H. HAYES . New York; N. Y.

SIDNEY B. FAY Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

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THOMAS~WERTEN8AKER , Princeton, N. J.

KENNETHS.LATOURETTE J , New Haven, Conn. SAMUEL E. MORISON Harvard University, cambridge, Mass.

ROBERT L. SCHUYLER ,,. Rochester, N. Y. LOUIS R. GOTTSCHALK University of Cbicago, Cbicago, lll.

MERLE CURTI University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

LYNN THORNDIKE Columbia University, New York, N. Y.

DEXTER PERKINS Rochester, N. Y.

WILLIAM L. LANGER " flarvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

WALTER PRESCOTT WEBB University of Texas, Austin, Tex.

ALLAN NEVINS Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, Callf.

ELECTED MEMBERS

CRANE BRINTON Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. (term expires 1960)

MILDRED L. CAMPBELL , Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (term expires 1961)

W. CLEMENT EATON University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. (term expires 1963)

JOON HOPE FRANKLIN Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N. Y. (term expires 1962)

W. STULL HOLT University of WashingtOn, Seattle, Wash. (term expires 1961)

FREDERIC C. LANE Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. (term expires 1962)

STANLEY PARGELLIS The Newberry Ubrary, Cbicago, lll. (term expires 1960)

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GAINES POST University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. (term expires 1963) , , EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE .,J ,-',- QIAIRMAN

JooN HOPE FRANKLIN I. Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N. Y. ) ,>. hmDRED L. CAMPBELL Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

ELMER LOUIS KAYSER George Washington University, WashingtOn, D. C.

WILLIAM L. LANGER Harvard University, cambridge, Mass.

BERNADOTTE E. SQIMIrr Alexandria, Va.

BOYD C. SHAFER 400 A Street, S. E .. Washington 3, D. C•

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Committees and Delegates , . FOR 1960

,J Board of Trustees.--Arthur W. Page, 20 Pine Street, Room 2602, New York City, chairman--term expires 1964: Percy Ebbott, Chase National Bank, Pine and Nassau Streets, New York City-­ term expires 1961; Cecil Fitzhugh Gordon,* Tucker, Anthony I, and R. L. Day, 120 Broadway, New York City- .. term expires ) 1964: Stanton Griffis, Hemphill, Noyes & Co., 15 Broad Street, " New York City--term expires 1960: W. A. W. Stewart, Jr., United States Trust Co. of ,New York, 31 Broad Street, New York City--term expires 1963. Board of Editors of the American Historical Review.--Boyd C. Shafer, 400 A Street, S.E., Washington 3, D.C., Managing Editor: Samuel Flagg Bemis, Yale University--term e,xpires 1960: Mildred L. Campbell, Vassar COl1!,!ge--term expires 1961; Leo Gershoy, New York University,--term expires 1963: Mason Hammond, Harvard University--term expires 1962: Max H. Savelle,* University of Was,hington--term, expires 1964; Lynn White, jr., University of CaliforJ;lia--term expires 1962. Committee on Committees.- - William Hogan, Tulane University; Walter Johnson, : CarlSchorske, Wesleyan .. University:* Gordon Wright, Stanford Unive,rsity: Boyd C • Shafer, American Historical Asso!=!1ltion (ex officiO). , Committee on Documentary, Reprqduction •.--Robert B. Eckles, Purdue University, chairman: Cyril. E. Black, Princeton Uni­ versity; William R. Bralsted, University of Texas: Edgar L. Erickson, University of I,llinois: Richard W. Hale, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts: Loren C. ¥acKinney, University of North Carolina: Boyd C. Shafer, American Historical Association (ex officio); Clifford K. Shipton, Worcester, Massachusetts. Committee on Graduate Education in History.--Dexter Perldns, Rochester, New, York, cl!airmani Jacques Barzun" Columbia University;~ Fred Harvey Harrington, University, C?f Wisconsin: ~ Edward Kirkland, Thetford Center, Vermont; Le'onar,d Krieger, Yale Universlty;Boyd C. Shafer, American Historical Asso­ ciation (ex officio). Committee on the Guide to HistoricalLiterature.--Georg~F.Howe, Washington, D., C., chairman: GrayC. Boyce, Northwestern University: T. Robert S.Broughtqn, Bryn'¥awr College: Howard F. Cline, Library of Congress: Sidtley ,B. F~y" qambridge, ,I Massachusetts: Michael Kraus, City qollege ~f, New York: Earl t, Pritchard, University of Chlc~goi Boyd C. Shafer, American ') Historical Association (ex officio)., ' Committee on the Harmsworth' Piotessors~.--Frank Freidel, \ Harvard University, chilrman: Walter Jo son; University of Chicago: Arthur Link, Northwestern Unive;rsity.* } Committee on the Historian and ' the FederalG"vernment.--Charles i A. Barker, Johns Hopkins University,. chairman,:* Thomas A. Bailey, : Samuel F. Bemis, Yale Uni,versity: Wood Gray, George Washington University: Thomas LeDuc,

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Oberlin College;* Richard W. Leopold, Northwestern Univer­ sity; Maurice MatIoff, Washington, D. C.; Jeannette P. Nichols, University of Pennsylvania; , Rochester, New York; Boyd C. Shafer, American Historical Association (ex .1 officio) • Committee on Honorary Members.--Sydney N. Fisher, Ohio State University, chairman; Lynn M. Case, University of Pennsyl­ vania: John K. Fairbank, Harvard University:'" Oscar Halecki, Fordham University; Boyd C. Shafer, American Historical Association (ex officio); Arthur p. Whitaker, University of i: Pennsylvania; John Wolf, University of Minnesota.* Committee on International Historical Activities.--Arthur P. Whitaker, University of Pennsylvania, chairman: Waldo Gifford Leland, Washington, D. C.; John Curtiss, Duke University; Chester Easum, University of Wisconsin; Franklin Ford, Harvard University; Martin R. P. McGuire; Catholic University of America; Caroline Robbins, Bryn Mawr College; Boyd C. Shafer, American Historical Association (ex officio). Committee on the Job Register.--Harold E. Davis, American University;* Roderic H. Davison, George Washington University; Aubrey C. Land, University of Maryland; Boyd C. Shafer, American Historical Association (ex officio). Committee on the Littleton-Griswold Fund.--Edward Dumbauld, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, chairman; John J. Biggs, Jr., Phila­ " delphia, Pennsylvania; Julius Goebel, Columbia University; William B. Hamilton, Duke University: George L. Haskins, University of Pennsylvania; Mark DeWolfe Howe, Harvard University; Leonard W. Labaree, Yale University; David J. Mays, Richmond, Virginia; Richard L. Morton, College of William and Mary; Boyd C. Shafer, American Historical Asso­ ciation (ex officio); Joseph Smith, New York City. Committee on South Asian History.--Holden Furber, University of Pennsylvania, chairman; , University of Wisconsin; Robert I. Grane, : David Owen, Harvard University; Earl Pritchard, University of Chicago; Boyd C. Shafer, American Historical Association (ex officio). Committee for the Study of War Documents.--Oron J. Hale, Uni­ versity of Virginia, chairman; Lynn M. Case, University of Pennsylvania: Walter L. Dorn, Columbia University; Howard M. Ehrmann, University of Michigan: Fritz Epstein, Library of Congress; Hans Gatzke, Johns Hopkins University; Reginald Phelps, Harvard University; Boyd C. Shafer, American Histori­ cal Association (ex officio). Committee on Teaching (SerVice Center for Teachers of History).-­ Joseph R. Strayer, Princeton University, chairman; Natt B. Burbank, Boulder, Colorado; William Cartwright, Duke Univer­ sity: Margareta Faissler, Baltimore, Maryland;*'" Gilbert Fite, University of Oklahoma;*'" Stanley Idzerda, Michigan State University;** Agnes Meyer, Washington, D. C.; Boyd C. Shafer, American Historical Association (ex officio): Hazel C. Wolf, 'c Peoria, Illinois;"'* Walker Wyman, Wisconsin State College (River Falls).** • New member this year. , ' •• Appointed during the year. ~. f ,'/< " " COMMITTEES AND DELEGATES FOR 1959 xxv Committee on Television.--Richard B. Morris, Columbia Univer­ sity, chairman;** W. Burlie Brown, Tulane University;** William C. Davis, George Washington University;** , Brooklyn College;** Irving B. Holley, Duke Univer­ sity;** Elmer Louis Kayser, George Washington University;** .J Boyd C. Shafer, American Historical Association (ex officio):** Bayrd Still, New York University.** Committee on the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize.--Henry R. Winkler, , chairman; Richard Brace, Northwestern University; William O. Shanahan, University of Notre Dame.* ) )' Committee on the George Louis Beer Prize.--Robert F. Byrnes, Indiana University, chairman: Henry Cord Meyer, Pomona College; L. S. Stavrianos, Northwestern University.* Committee on the Albert J. Beveridge Award. - -Richard N. Current, Woman's College, University of North Carolina, chairman; Hugh Aitken, University of California (Riverside ):* , Harvard University; Charles Gibson, State University of Iowa; Glyndon G. Van Deusen, University of Rochester. Committee on the John H. Dunning Prize.--Charles G.Sellers, Jr., University of California (Berkeley), chairman; Thomas Cochran, University of Pennsylvania;** Edmund Morgan, Yale Univer- sity.** ' Committee on the Robert Livingston Schuyler Prize.--Helen Taft .. Manning, Haverford, Pennsylvania, chairman; Gio,vanni Costigan, University of Washington: Ch~rles Mowat, University COllege of North Wales; Robert J. Walcott, College of Wooster:* David Willson, University of Minnesota. * Committee on the Moses Coit Tyler Prize.--Stow Persons, State University of Iowa, chairman; Daniel Boorstin, University of Chicago;* John Higham, Rutgers University; Frederick Rudolph, Williams College. Committee on the Watumull Prize.--Robert I. Crane, University of Michigan, chairman; Donald Grove Barnes, Western Reserve University; Holden Furber, University of Pennsylvania. Delegates of the American Historical Association.--American Council of Learned Societies: , Prince­ ton University--term expires 1962. International Committee of Historical Sciences: Boyd C. Shafer, Washington, D. C.--term expires 1960; Arthur P. Whitaker, University ofPennsylvania-­ term expires 1960. National Historical Publications Commis­ sion: Julian p. Boyd, Princeton University--termexpires 1960; , Washington, D.C.--term expires 1961. Social Education: George Barr Carson, Jr., Washington, D.C.--term expires 1962; Thomas C. Mendenhall, Smith College--term expires 1962. Social Science Research Council: Louis R. Gottschalk, University of Chicago--term expires 1960; David Potter, Yale University--term expires 1962; C. Vann Woodward, Johns Hopkins University--term expires 1961. The following ad interim appointments as repre,se]ltatives ofthe American Historical Association were made in 1959: J. M. Nance of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College at the inauguration '. * New member this year. ** Appointed during the year.

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of Ralph Wright Steen as president of the Stephen F. Austin State College on February 7; Bunyan H. Andrew of Illinois Wesleyan University at the inauguration of Lloyd Millard Bertholf as presi­ dent of illinois Wesleyan University on Februarylli Charles H. -,' Hunter of the University of Hawaii at the inauguration of Laurence Hasbrouck Snyder as president of the University of Hawaii on February 17; John H. Beeler of the Woman's College of the Uni­ versity of North Carolina at the inauguration of David Grier Martin as president of Davidson College on April ZZi Richard P. McCormick . of Rutgers University at the inauguration of Mason Welch Gross as . president of Rutgers University on May 6i Elmer H. Cutts of Northeastern University at the inauguration of Asa Smallidge Knowles as president of Northeastern University on September 8; John Bowditch of the University of Minnesota at the inauguration of Harvey M. Rice as president of Madalester College on October Z; Festus P. Summers of West Virginia University atthe inauguration of Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., as president of West Virginia University on October 3i Oron J. Hale of the University of Virginia at the inauguration of Edgar Fbiley Shannon, Jr., as president of the University of Virginia on October 6; Allen :D. Breck of the Uni­ versity of Denver at the Seventh National Conference of the United States National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at Denver, Colorado, Septem­ ber Z9 to October Z; Harold U. Faulkner of Smith College at the inauguration of Thomas C. Mendenhall as president of Smith Col­ lege on October 15; Boyd C. Shafer of the American Historical Association at the opening of the library of the American Philo­ sophical Society' on November 11; Victor Hicken of Western Illinois University at the inauguration of Arthur Lewis Knoblauch as president of Western Illinois UniversIty; Dietrich Gerhard of Washington University at the dedication ceremonies for the Pius xn Memorial Library at St. Lbuis University on November ZZ; Roy F. Nichols of the University of Pennsylvania at the inaugura­ tion of Millard Elwood Gladfelter as president of Temple Univer­ sity. ( '. .. ;.

PACIFIC COAST BRANCH OFFICE~ FOR 1960 ..

,,) PRESIDENT

TIiOMAS A. BAn..EY Stanford University, Stanford, Callf.

) VICE PRESIDENT ." FRANCIS HERRICK •• Mills College, Oakland, Callf• SECRETARY-TREASURER

JOHN A. SCHUTZ Whittier College, Whittier, Callf.

COUNCIL

The above officers and the following elected members:

JAMES G. ALLEN .. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. (term expires 1960)

RUSSELL C. EWING University of , Tucson, Ariz. (term expires 1961)

DAVID HARRIS Stanford University, Stanford. Callf. (term expires 1962)

SOLOMON KATZ University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. (term expires 1960)

ARTIiUR R. KOOKER University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Callf. (term expires 1961)

JOHN B. McGLOIN, S.J. University of San FranciSCO, San Francisco, Callf. (term expires 1961)

ABRAHAM P. NASATIR I' San Diego State College, San Diego, Calif. (term expires 1960)

EARL POMEROY University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. (term expires 1962)

WILLIAM STECKEL University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. (term expires 1962)

ARMIN RAPPAPORT University of Callfornia, Berkeley, Callf. (term expires 1960) xxvn

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'. j" " ~ ~' MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, THE CONRAD HILTON HOTEL1 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 27, 195~, 10:00 A. M.

",' Present: , President: Bernadotte E. Schmitt, Vice President: Elmer Louis Kayser, Treasurer: Boyd C. Shafer, Executive Secretary: , Mildred L. Campbell, John Hope Franklin, Frederic C. Lane, Robert R. Palmer, Stanley Pargellls, Councilors: DeXter Perldhs and , former Presidents; The Council approved the mimrtes of the 1958 meeting as published in the April 1959 i issue of the American Historical Review (PP. 809-16). c· Since the report of the Executive Secretary and Managing Editor had been sent to the Council, it was not read. The Executive Secretal'}' iiuiicated that the membership of the Association on December 15, 1959, was 8,226, a 'net gain of 624 for the year, and that growth in the 'number of members luiil exceeded expectations. ' The Treasurer of the Assodiclon analyzed his report for 1958-1959. He stated that the financial condition of the AssociAtion was sOund, but that inflationary tendencies and added activities desired by the memmership might bring a defiqit in 1961-1962. For the Finance Committee, the 'treasurer preSented the budget for 1959-1960 and the tentative budget for 1960-1961. The Council approved these budgets and the two small additions in the budget for 1958-1959 wblch,hadpreviously been accepted by the Flnafice Committee. During the discussion the Counciisave attention to the provision of a pension system for employees of the AsSociation and aSked that a system be established through the Teachers Insurance and Annuity ,Associadon. . 11 The Executive Secretary poinied to the demand for increaslld activities to promote the study of history, including ,a newslett~r. or a larger news section iI! the Review, promotion of graduate fellowships, scholarly historical 9rograms on television, the llUblication of more articleS and books; and the need for study of undergraduate curricula and teaching. He indicated that. the Association now operates With a stna1l staff and that if increased activities are undertaken, the staff must be auimented. He also stated [I that the headquarters builcnng would not be large enough if the Assodation continued to grow in size and in activities as it had during ~e past years, The Council had 9re­ viously, in approving the budgets, 9rovi~ed for an addittonal stifr,lI\ember. It expressed i, interest in the ex9&nSion of the headquartersbuUdlnsllI!d ~~ec;I tQ~ Executive Secretary and the Finance Committee to investigate ~I'fossibflll:i~ for ex~ion and to report back to the Executive Committee. ". '." . "'.' .' . \'! After a long discussion of the financial condition of the ASsociation and consideration ,< of (I) increasing AssQciatloil actiyjties~ (2) the need fur a larg~r headquarters staff and buildins, and (3) increasmg costS. resultlngJrom inflarlOnAiy tendencies, the Council believed it necessary to' Submit to'the rriern1lers ci(tbe Association' an amendment to the j:, Constitution, to be acted upon, as .the ConstitutiOn provideS, oDe year benCe, and to (; establish memberslllp dues iIi the amoUnts uic:\icated be1O",: .. .•

Re{!ular membersj:dp, $10.00, ,f Student membership, $ S.OO, \ Life membership, $ 200.00. 1~\ l' The Council also asked that the wording of the Constitudon on student membership be sllshtly revised to read ItregutUly enrolled in an educatiOnal institutiop." The Council \; Will again be asked in September 1960 for its views on the proposed increases. The t necessary amendment to the Constltulioq .will be presented to members at the time the annual Program is mailed in November 1960 and the final deciSion will be III&de at the ,\ '1__ .~ annual business meeting on ~r 29, 1960. . ". . For the Committee on CorDmtttees, the ExecUtive Secretary su~mitted nominations f to the Council for additions and cha.nses on 'the various Association committees. The ,f committees for 1960 as approved are "listed on P9. xxm-XXV. " . " ")r" 3 .~~ I \

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The Council gave considerable attention to the Association prizes. It asked that in , the future the Albert J. Beveridge Award Committeeavoid dual awards of the kind made , , by the Committee in 1959, and that the Committee always make one award with an honorable mention if funds are available. J The Crunci1 approved revision of the rules for the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize Committee as suggested by the present Committee as follows: { The Herbert Baxter Adams Prize, currently set at three hundred dollars in cash, is awarded in the even-numbered years by the American Historical Association on the basis of recommendations made by a sJlecial committee of three of its members chosen ) for that purpose. The ASSociation and the Committee reserve the right to refrain from granting the award in the event that none of the entries is deemed worthy. The Prize , , is given for anootstanding scholarly monograph or biography (not a textbook) in medieval or modern European history, in manuscript or in print, completed or published since June 1 of the last year in which the Prize was available. Three copies of each entry must be sent to the Committee by the author or his publishers. To be eligible, an entry must be the author's first or second book. No applicant may submit more than one entry and no person is eligible to receive the Prize more than once. No entry will be accepted after June 1 of the year of the award. Information and application forms may be obtained from the chairman of the Committee. The ConncII debated various proposals to change the nature and perhaps the name of the Moses Coit Tyler Prize in intellectual history, now given through the generosity of the Cornell University Press. The Executive Secretary was asked to discuss in detail the various proposals with the Cornell University Press and with the MJses Coit Tyler Prize Committee. Upon presentation of a report of the Committee on Honorary Members, the OluncII elected Professor Gerhard Ritter of the University of Freiburg to honorary membership in the Association. The Executive Secretary described the plans for the Stockholm meeting of the Inter­ national Congress of Historical Sciences and the travel grants available from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council. He urged that those Planning to attend the Olngress make hotel reservations as early as " possible since accommodations in Stockholm are limited. The Council confirmed the appointment of Max Savelle of the University of Washing­ ton to the Board of Editors to replace Jobns Hicks of the University of California, whose term on the Board had expired. The Oluncil approved the oomination to the Business Meeting of the Association of Arthur W. Page, New York City, for reelection as OIairmail of the Board of Trustees, and of C. Fitzhugh Gordon, New York City, for election as trustee to replace Thomas Parkinson who died during the rear. For the Association's delegate to 'the Social Science Research Oluncil, the Council reelected David Potter of Yale University,' and as delegate to the American Council of Learned Societies, Robert R. Palmer was reelected. AS members of the Board of Editors of Social Education, the Council elected Thomas Mendenhall of Smith College and George Barr Carson, Jr., Director of the Association's Service Center for Teachers of History. The Council ratified the previous appointment of Leonard Krieger of Yale University as Program O1airman for 1960, and'of Madeline Robinton of Brooklyn College as 1960 Local Arrangements O1airman. The Council considered once more the time and place of meeting and confirmed the previously made arrangements for December 28-30, 1960, with the Statler-Hilton, New York City; for December 28-30, 1961, the Sheraton Park and the Shoreham Hotels, Washington, D. C.; and for December 28-30, 11:162, the Conrad Hilton, Olicago. For 1963 the Council tentatively approved a meetirig in the Sheraton, Rilladelphia, depending upon further negotiations to be made by the Executive Secretary. The Council gave serious consideration to a meeting on the we1t Coast within the next few years, and ; ~1 asked the Executive Secretary to investigate the possibility of meeting in San Francisco it in 1965. , . t -'.<" , $., '. PROCEEDINGS- -1959 5

The Executive Secretary reported on the progress of the various Association projects. The Service Center for Teachers held approximately thirty meetings for high school teachers during the year. The circulation of its pamphlets is now around 250,000. The Executive Secretary POinted out that for the Service Center the Association had received an additional three-year grant of $ 140,000 from the Fund for the Advance­ ..' ment of Education, and at the end of this period the Service Center would be asked to become self-supporting or to terminate its activities. For the work of microfilming German war documents, additional funds totaling $59,000 were received during the year, and work will continue for approximately eighteen months. By November I, 1959, approximately six million document frames had been filmed in Alexandria in addition to those produced in England. For the Foreign Office documents in England, the huge Catalogue of Files and Microfilms of the German Foreign Ministry Archives, 1867-1920, edited by Howard Ehrmann, was published during the year. For the Alexandria documents fourteen indexes p1us one supplementary guide have now been published. Scholars, according to information received from the National Archives, are extensively using the documents in the microfilmed forms in which they have been reproduced.

} The Guide to Historical Literature should go to the printer early in 1960. The bibli­ , ographical material for the Guide has been compiled and checked. The Guide will cost less than expected. Publication should come late in 1960 or early in 1961.-- The "Guide to Photocopied Historical Materials in the United States and Canada," the Executive Secretary stated, will be delivered in manuscriPt form to the Cornell f~. University Press early in 1960. The Executive Secretary described the difficulties ',I encountered in the production of the volume but stated his hope that scholars will .. materially benefit by its publication. \1 Professor Dexter Perkins reported for the Committee on Graduate Education. He described the enormous amount of material collected by the editor of the study, John '; Snell,- and stated that the Committee's report probably would be completed by the r summer of 1960 and that it is likely that the McGraw-Hill Book Company will publish \ the volume. ,-, Dr. Stanley Pargellis spoke on the progress of the British bibliographies. He stated ) that the volume on the Tudor period by Read had been published, that the one on medieval ~ England, edited by Edgar Graves, was well along, and that Dean Mary Frear Keeler ; would, he hoped. complete her volume on the Stuart period by the fall of 1960. For the first of the two volumes on recent British history, English editors, A. J. Taylor and ~. I. R. Christie, are at work; but editors for the last volume, covering the late nine­ teenth and early twentieth centuries, have not yet been selected. The Executive Secretary noted that the program to promote South Asian studies in this country has been successful thus far, that three professors had been appointed to university staffs prior to this year, that three are at universities this year, and that four would be coming for the academic year 1960-1961. The Executive Secretary spoke of the completion and publication of Court Records of Kent County, Delaware, 1680-1705, and took pleasure in pointing to the fine editing of Leon deValinger, Jr., archivist of the state of Delaware, He also noted the possibility of stimulating other studies in legal history with the Littleton-Griswold Fund. The Council long and seriously debated a report from the ad hoc Committee on TeleviSion, headed by Richard Morris of Columbia University. The Council accePted, with several minor changes, the report which recolJlIl1ellded two specific series, one of lectures. a second of panel discussions. These would not constitute a course or be designed as substitutes for the classroom teacher, nor would they be dramatized. Rather they would consist of "accurate, informative, and provocative presentations of historical facts, interpretations, and issues in accordance with the canons of scholarship." The Council asked that the television committee be made a standing committee and that the present membership of the comtnlttee be appointed to the standing committee. The Executive Secretary with the committee was asked to take steps to initiate the series if funds would be obtained. ~~ :I"~\. !, s.4: 716 7 0 - 60 - 3 \ " ;;

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The Executive Secretary reported on recent developments concerning Fulbright , , scholarships. Members of the Council who have had intimate knowledge of these scholarships believe that recent changes in procedure are an improvement but that the Association, through its Committee on the Historian and the Federal Government, ,J should carefully observe the manner in which selections are made in the future. The Council was also of the opinion that more cOnsideration should be given to research needs of those receiving scholarships and asked the Executive Secretary to transmit the following resolution to the Fulbright Committee:

) The Council of the American Historical Association believes that in Fulbright appoint­ ." ments emphasis be placed on the. research needs of American scholars as well as on teaching needs in countries to which the scholars are appointed.

Acting on comnnmications from Mortimer Graves, Executive Director Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies, the Council asked the Executive Secretary to write letters of support for the Dingel1 Amendment of Public Law 480 providing for the acquisition of research materials from abroad. For the Executive Committee for 1960, the Council selected John Hope Franklin, chairman; Mildred L. Campbell; Elmer Louis Kayser; W11llam L. Langer; Bernadotte E. Schmitt; and Boyd C. Shafer. The Finance Committee for 1960 will consist of John Hope Franklin, Elmer Louis I Kayser, and Boyd C. Shafer. For preparation of a resolution at the Business Meeting, the Council appointed John Hope Franklin and Frederic C. J.ai1e. '" Finally the Council gave attention to the protest of Howard McGaw Smyth against the use of material he had prepared while in the Historical Division of the Defense Department. The Council referred the matter to the Committee on the Historian and the Federal Government for consideration. The meeting adjourned at 5:05 P.rn.

BOYD C. SHAFER, Executive Secretary.

MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING OF THE AMERICAN HIS'rORICAL ASSOCIATION, THE CONRAD ~TON HOTEL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 29, 1959, 4:30 P. M.

President AllAn Nevins· called the meeting to order with about one hundred members present. The minutes of the previous meeting (<"J'IR, APri11959, PP. 816-19) were ap- proved. ~ --. As is customary, the Executive Secretary and Managing Editor of the Review, Boyd C. Shafer, summarized his annual report (see PP. 8-13). --- The Treasurer, Elmer Louis Kayser, analyzed the finances of the Association for the year 1958-1959. His report revealed' that the Association has had a satisfactory year once more. He pointed to the fact, however, that the restricted funds (totaling $ 619,923) which CoUld orily be used for special purposes were larger than those assets ($ 262,502)' which are available for general purposes. He also suggested that because of 1nfI.ationary tendencies, the increased activities desired by members, and the growth in membership, disbursements would increase and that increased revenue would be needed. The mimeogtaphed Treasurer's report was distributed and the Treasurer ',. Iilvited inspection of the financial accounts and the auditors' report at Association head­ quarters. Without dissent the Treasurer's report was accePted. Acting upon oomination from the Council, the Association reelected Arthur W. Page. New York City, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and elected C. Fitzhugh Gordon. New York City, to the Board. The terms for members of the Board are five years.

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For the Nominating Committee, Paul Gates of Cornell University presented the yearly report and the results of the mail ballot. For 1960 the Committee nominated the following officers: for President, Bernadotte E. Schmitt of Alexandria, Virginia; , . for Vice President, Samuel Flagg Bemis of Yale University; and for Treasurer, Elmer Louis Kayser of George Washington University. The Executive Secretary, on motion, oJ was instructed to cast one ballot for these nominees and they were declared elected. From the 669 ballots cast by members of the ASSOciation, Professor Gates announced the election of W. Clement Eaton of the University of Kentucky and Gaines Post of the University of Wisconsin to the Council of the Association, and of Gordon Craig of Princeton University and Kenneth Stampp of the University of Galifornia (Berkeley) to i the Nominating Committee. Stuart Hughes of Harvard University is Cbairman of the ,.. I Nominating Committee for 1960. , , ~ The Executive Secretary summarized the major actions ofthe Council at its meeting of December 27 (see Minutes, PP. 3-6). He announced the appointment of Max Savelle 3 of the University of Washington to the Board of Editors, the names of the various Asso­ I., .r ciation delegates and new committee members, and the election of Professor Gerhard Ritter of the University of Freiburgto honorary membership in the Association. He gave the times and places of the meetings for 1960, 1961, and 1962, and indicated that the Association probably would go to Philadelphia in 1963 and was seriously considering '",, a West Coast site for 1965. He reported the Council approval of the report of the Com­ mittee on TeleviSion to plan and present, if funds are available. scholarly programs on i television. These, he stated, would not be courses but lectures and panels to enrich courses and to interest adults. He mentioned minor revisions in the terms for the "l Herbert Baxter Adams Prize and the possible changes in the provisions for the Moses

~, Coit Tyler Prize. ) He then reported the Council cjeoisioD to present to the membership an amendment to the Constitution to increase the regular annual dues to ten dollars, student dues to I five dollars, and life membership to two hundred dollars. As the Constitution provides, 1) this proposal will be submitted to the membershipby mail at least twenty days preceding , the date of the Business Meeting in 1960, at which time the final decision will be made. ( The reasons for this Council action, he stated, were several, the two most important being the increased activities of the Association and the inflationary tendencies which ? increase costs and may bring a deficit in the fiscal year 1960-1961. ) Max Savelle spoke for the Pacific Coast Branch of the Association. He described the I lively September meeting of the Branch in Salt Lake City, noted the decreased registra­ ) tion, and stated that the Branch had ended the fiscal year in the best financial condition in its history. His report was accepted without dissent. For the Council and the Association, Frederic C. Lane of Johns Hopkins University f presented the following resolution which was accepted with applause: Resolved, That the American Historical Association express its most sincere \ thanks to Professor Franklin D. Scott and the members of his committee for the range and high quality of the program, and to Professor Paul Barton Johnson and those who ) worked so vigorously With him for the exCellence of the arrangements here in Crlcago, \ and for their care and cordiality in action as our hosts. ) Under the heading of "Other Business," three resolutions Were presented to the , meeting. Thomas H. Greer of Michigan State University asked consideration of this proposal: { Resolved, That the Executive Secretary of the American Historical Association be authorized to send the following telegram to President Eisenhower: The members of the American Historical Association in' annual convention at Chicago desire to express their support of your recent endeavors in the interest of world peace and understanding. We urge you to persevere in these efforts and to con­ centrate upon the aim of universal and general disarrnamentunder international super­ ". vision. On a show of hands the resolution was defeated. ,},I :l'., I I l i ) ~ i.;+

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Fred Harvey Harrington of the University of Wisconsin presented the following resolution: Resolved. lbat the American Historical Association wishes to record its strong disapproval of the affidavit provisions of the National Defense Education Act and to rI express its hope that the Congress will eliminate these provisions at the earliest possible moment. The resolution was passed. A third resolution given to the Executive Secretary by Garl Bode of the University of Maryland was presented in the following form: ~ the Library of Congress is in many fields the nation's greatest resource in ) scholarly research. and Whereas the number of study rooms available to individuall>cholars has within the last three years been materially decreased, Resolved. 11lat the American Historical Association urge the adm1n1stration of the Library to preserve and increase the number of these study rooms available to scholars through the most vigorous representation to Congress. After considerable debate from the floor the resolution was referred to the Counc1l of the Association. Since there was no other business President Nevins adjourned the meeting at about 5:50 P.rn.

BOYD C. SHAFER, Executive Secretary.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND MANAGING EDITOR FOR 1959

Our AssociatiOll has reached a crucial point in its development. It is no looger a small society of scholars quietly pursuing together the study of history. It has not become a craft union seeking principally betterment of working conditions and higher salaries. By American standards it is neither small nor large. It is becoming larger and being forced to make decisions concerning its future. The horizons of history, the rearview mirrors of society, have deepened and widened. The number of historians driving with us has multiplied. The traffic has increased. Shall we plan to increase speeds? Shall we :nake new maps? Shall we coostruct new roads? Or shall we let expansion come as it will, proceed at present speeds, and keep to the old roads as long as we can? This annual report of the Association's seventy-fifth year revolves around questions and ends with few answers. 1. Should we embark OIl new ventures? 2. Should we try to increase our Size? 3. If we increase our activities or become larger, or both, are we willing to pay the costs? Our Charter instructs us to promote historical studies "in the interest of American history and of history in America." It does not tell us in what ways or to what degree. As historians, we naturally look to the past for guidance. The past, as is so often true, offers no certain direction. The American Historical Association has primarily and consistently fostered scholarly history, as it now does in the Review. We have also tried to stimulate historical Study in the schools, to attract that wide audience called the literate public, and to see that the interests of history are recognized in govern­ ment. As experience has varied, so leaders of the profession have been of diverse minds. Among the founding fathers, Jameson was the historian'S historian who set many of our scholarly standards, and Haskins was a solid medievalist who helped establish the historical studies of the early twentieth-century secondary schools. Among our later leaders, Becker, the humanist and stylist, wrote for the intelligent layman as well as

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for the scholar, but engaged in little public activity, and Beard, the social scientist, took active part in the debates on national issues as well as on those of the schools. In recent years Read, an Elizabethan scholar, made radio broadcasts on the background of the news: Ford, an academic statesman as well as a historian of the era of Stein, "J often participated in public affairs; and Buck, a historian of midwestern America, was Archivist of the United States. Most of our better-known men have been professors of history, academic in their approach and professional in their interests. Some of them also have desired to bring the so-called amateurs into our ranks and to participate directly in the historical education of the American people. Q1r ideals and our activities have been scholarly, though not exclusively so. In 1939 the Association refused to initiate a popular magazine of history. We have never en­ couraged nor published books of history for the lay public. We have, however, often though sporadically interested ourselves in the historical offerings of the secondary schools (as with our Service Center now), encouraged or criticized the historical ac­ tivities of the government, lent aid to other historical groups throughout the nation, and at times thought not only of research, writing, and teaching in our colleges and universities, but also of the historical instruct1!?n the citizens of a democracy ought to have. Our past does not tell us what we shall now do. Should we attempt to do more than we have? Perhaps we should try to bring history to the public through televised lectures and panels and through publications. We have examined the possibilities of television with a preliminary conference and through a strong committee headed by Richard Morris of Columbia. The Council of the Association at its meeting examined the positive IS well as negative recommendations of this committee: we should sponsor historical lectures and panels for adults but not a course that might be used to supplant the teacher in the classroom. We should offer these lectures and panels, the committee suggests, because we have a responsibility for the quality of historical understanding in America and because if we do not. others, less qualified, will offer programs of lesser merit. Probably the time is past for Association sponsorship of a popular historical magazine, though some members think not. But in the interests of historical study should we prepare pamphlets for adult education similar to those our Service Center now prepares for high school teachers, and should we publish historical books, or at least offer prizes for volumes designed for the public? How far and for whom shall we promote historical studies? Certainly some of the American people have shown interest in some varieties of history, though not often in the scholarly history most of us both prefer and write. If we skeptically view further efforts on ,our part to stimulate public interest in history and prefer to concentrate on scholarly tasks, then what scholarly tasks and in what magnitude? Recently we asked over eighty histprians for suggestions for the Review. Generally they gave the Review high praise, but they thought of changes too. The majority asked for "more of the same." Several suggested six instead of four issues a year, and two advocated a monthly. Should we contemplate six issues? Some of our correspondents believed that we should review more books. More than the 614 we reviewed or noticed last year? Several wanted longer reviews than we now usually run and some more short notices. A few thought we should shorten the news section: a greater number wished it enlarged or asked for a separate newsletter. There was praise for our lists of articles, though no general agreement, and some sentiment for a reduction in their present length in order to make space for more articles. The ~eview's articles received commendalion, though some individuals remarked that they seldom read them except those in their own specialty--and those were too few. Perhaps we should publish more than the eighteen articles and six "Notes and Suggestions" we did last year. Perhaps we should see more than the 181 submitted last year or the 168 of the year before. Perhaps not. Perhaps we should try for other types of articles. The demand was strong for more interpretive and bibliographical essays and for more on broad themes and on the nature of history. The Review is now trying, with fair success, to obtain more _ 'l~ ~ " 10 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIA nON

such articles though not many American historians write them. In sum, what our readers want is more articles, more reviews, longer reviews, and more news. And this, though more than eighty historical journals of one kind or another are now published in the United States and several additional ones are started each year. ,.J Perhaps, then, our first task, if we contemplate rendering greater service than before, is to enlarge the Review's scholarly coverage. Does this objective, however, outweigh several others? Last year the Council, somewhat reluctantly, approved a proposal for a survey of historians' research needs and opportunities. The Executive Secretary, pressed by other commitments, could not initiate the study. The study should ) be made. Members urge us to assist historians over the whole range of historical /' pursuits. , , Before I discuss their further proposals I must outline some of our present activi­ ties. Few realize how many and varied are our' services for historians or how, with Iim1ted resources, we have vastly extended them during the past few years. We now offer seven excellent prizes and we have seven strong prize committees to conduct the competitions. We offer awards in European history (the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize, Henry Winkler, chairman), in ,recent inter~tiona1 history (the George Louis Beer Prize, Carl Schorske, chairman), in American history (the Albert J. Beveridge Award, Alfred D. Chandler, chairman), in United States history (the John H. Dunning PrIze, Charles G. Sellers, Jr., chairman), in British Commonwealth history (the Robert Livingston Schuyler Prize, Helen Taft Manning, chairman), in American inte1l~1 history (the Moses COit Tyler Prize, OJArles Barker, chairman), ,and in Indian history (the Watumull Prize, Robert Crane. chairman). Quo prIzeS reward and honor the authors of substAntial historical works and in recent years they have enabled the pub­ .. lication of two or three vohunes ann!1ally which have been, thoUgh the phrase be hack­ neyed, contributions to knowledge. Qlr other activities are as wide in scope as are the interests of our constituents. For many of them we have established StandiDg or special project committees. These. with their chairmen, include the COmmittees for, nOcumentary Reproduction (Robert Eckles), the Guide to Historical Literature (George Howe). the Jiarmsworth Professor­ ship (C. Vann WOCK!ward), ~ Historia!l and the Federal Government (Edward Younger). Honorary Member,s (Paul Clyde),Interru¢o~Historical Actiyities (Ar~ur P. Whitaker). Littleton-Griswold Fund (Edward Dumbauld), South Asian History (Holden Furber). Study of War Documents (Oron Hale). Servi<:e Center for Teachers of History (Joseph Strayer), and Graduatli\ Education in History (Dexter Perkins). In addition, throUgh representatives, delegates, or the Executive Secretary. we particlpate in the work of several scholarly groups. e.g.. the International COngress of Historical Sciences (Boyd C. Shafer and Arthur p. Whitaker), the National Historical Publications COmmisSion (Guy Stanton Ford and Julian P. Boyd), the American COuncil of Learned Societies (Robert R. Palmer). the Social Science Research Council (Louis Gottschalk. David Potter, 'and C. Vann Woodward), and Social Education (Herman Ausubel and Boyd C. Shafer). Some of our committees and delegates, with the full and energetic support of our headquarters, have made and are making major contributions to historical study. Some are constructing tools for the scholar, some pointing out directions, some reenforcing values of historical scholarship. Most of them, as< the record shows. have been active this past year. I have almost lost track of .the thousands of reels of microfilm we have made of German documents here and in Engtand. For the Foreign Office papers that were in England, we ,now have the hll!; new Ehrmann Catalogue covering the available microfilms for the period 1867-1920, and for those six million frames made of military records in the United States thirteen guides are now ready and more are coming. The new monumental Guide to Historical 1.iterature, for which WIlliam C. Davis has col­ '," lected thousands of· entries, is almost ready for the printer, as is the Guide to Photo­ copied Historical Materials in the uriited States and Canada on which Richard Hale has wor ked so enthusiastically. We are sponsoring three professor s of South Asian history at American @iversities this year and probably four next year. The circulation of our Service Center pamphlets, edited by George Carson, has r

while Service Center conferences for high school teachers have been held throughout the country. We have now and for the first time, as a result of the industry of John Snell, much information about our graduate students and much of this information will become Imown when Dexter Perkins reports for the COmmlttee on Graduate Education next year. the projected five volumes of British bibliography, one, that by Omyers .4 or Read for the Tudor period, is published, and the compilation of two others on the medieval and Stuart periods is well along. These achievements coostitute, however, but part of the workofthe Association. I cannot here deS'cribe all we do at headquarters beyond the initiation and support of the many projects I have just enumerated. Illustrations must suffice. We have a Job ) " Register which on December 1 had 361 registrants and during the year received ninety­ seven inquiries from institutions seeking historians. We offer information and advice to hundreds of scholars requesting aid in their research and teaching. We are, dozens 1 of times each year, asked to, offer counsel to governmental agencies and scholarly groups in their historical work. As one example, we cooperate with the National His­ I torical Publications Commission in the publication ofthevaIuable Writings on American History which the Commission now prepares and we publish as Volume n of our Annual Report. AS another example, we cooperate with the Library of Congress in the prepara­ tion of the new National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, a catalogue which a committee of this Association recommended twelve years ago. We get scores of letters from school children and adults asking for historical information, to most of which we regretfully reply that we cannot help b:ecause we are equipped only to do the research necessary for our own activities. But people continue to regard our office as the source for historical information in America and when we can offer this infor­ " mation we do. Certainly we are already expected to lead and are already leading in scholarly ) enterprises that would astound our founding fathers just as much as the present functions of the federal government would shock either Jefferson or Hamilton. Should we, in \ response to demand, push our scholarly ventures further? Should we, as some of our members desire, press for more graduate fellowships in history? Should we publish a list of all historical research projects under" way in addition to our List of Doctoral )~ Dissertations (now edited by William Fox)? Should we encourage and plan interdisci­ plinary research, further stimulate the collection and cataloguing of manuscriPts, and start other bibliographical volumes? A sizable number of our colleagues think that we should become more demanding, "more professional" in our aims. Should we now attempt to establish not only scholarly but professional standards for the meml>ers of our diScipline? Should we set up screening committees, for entrance into graduate ( schools? Should we try to obtain.funds for publication of more scholarly books? Should \ we directly publish more? I have heard a prominent historian, who is not a member of \ the Association, say that the Association's publication record was poor--in spite of the f more than 250 monographs and other volumes wehave published. Should the Association \ publish more, notwithstanding the recent ACLS study which Indicated that most scholars } had little difficulty in obtaining publication? The demands for our services are endiess. This is heartening, for it reveals not ( only that the Association fills a need but also that historians have learned that the Association does indeed promote historical study. The scholarly tasks we might further undertake would, in some cases, be of great value. How shall we establish .priority among them? How shall we weigh them against our responsibility for educating the public? I turn to the question of o,umbers. Should we plan to grow slowly or swiftly? Your Executive Secretary is sometWng of a Jeffersonian. Unlike JIlllIlY Americans (and 1 too) he sees no intrinsic merit in size. Nevertheless, without an organized J membership campaign, we are growing. In December 1953 the total membership was ~ about six thousand; in December 1959 thetotalreachecl about 8,300. Through a campaign we could obtain perhaps two thousand more regular and student members. By changing ), our activities to appeal to a larger public than we have we could double, triple, perhaps quadruple our size. But do we wish to grow swiftly or qecome considerably larger? I We should remember that though we may win converts, converts often backslide. ,1 , '

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From time to time I hear that the Association ought to Include everyone who is interested In history, and I note that members express gratification when we report growth. In our own description of ourselves we say that the Association is for "every

~ man and woman who is interested In the study of history in America." Do we mean this literally? Or do we mean that the Association is for every man and woman who is Interested in serious scholarly study? I suspect the latter, but the final decision is yet to be made. If we enlarge our public activities or our scholarly work, or substantially increase our membership, we face sizable administrative problems. We run an economical ) ." operation at present. To carry the already constantly increasing load of work of the Association and the Review, our full-time staff has been cautiously increased over the past three years from five to seven people, and we are contemplating employment of one or two more assistants. O1r present staff plus possible additions will be just ade­ quate for presently planned tasks. If we assume additional projects or if we grow in size, the staff will have to be further increased and costs will mount. May I prosaically show from present experience how growth affects workload. We historians and especially our students are mobile--we move around. The office receives around fifteen hundred changes of address each year, many faculty members move at least once and most students move twice and sometimes three times. Each address change (sorting and open­ ing of mail, pIlling of membership and geographic cards, sending changes to the printer, changing of membership and geographic cards, and refiling) takes about ten minutes of a clerk's time--lf there are no complications, and alasl there are many. Every Increase of five hundred members means three or four additional days of one ., person's time for address changes alone, We welcome new members but we must pro­ vide the clerical staff to take care of them. You have a good staff. If it is enlarged, it must be with good people. And good people who will do the exacting tasks our work requlres are not easily found, nor do they come at discount rates. What I have done is to present alternatives if we continue to expand. Whether we do or not we must give major attention to the two basic activities of the Association, the publication of the Review and the holding of the Annual Meeting. The latter now takes place over three full days, Instead of the traditional two and one-half, up to 2,500 historians register compared to the fifteen hundred of five years ago, and this year over 230 will actively participate Instead of the approximately one hundred of a few years back. This year's program, arranged by Franklin Scott and his perceptive com­ mittee, is the strongest in my experience. We cannot, I think, arrange better sessions than Scott has. I hear in the corridors a lament for our good old smaller meetings. With the booming population and the ever-increasing number of historians, I suspect that we must reconcile ourselves to large attendance. Still I see no reason to plan for larger meetings. The Review, whether we eventually go to six issues or not, should continue to publish articles, reviews, bIbliographical lists, and news. It should continue to uphold high scholarly standards. Its Managing Editor with the Board of Editors should continue to help authors with their research and writing. Here there is much to be done. Very likely the editors cannot materially raise the level of historical writing in America, though they may be able to help. But certainly the need shouts for attention. The Managing Editor at times agrees with the critic of the Times Literary Supplement (November 6, 1959, P. xxxii): •

Another characteristic of modern [American] scholarship [is] its indifference to form. A scholar takes thought about everything except his prose and the length of his chapters. He is suspect if he writes well; he is mistrusted if he does not overwhelm the reader " with detailS, quotations, and indiscriminate bibliographies. The American scholar no longer heeds Emerson's advice, "Tell us what you know"; he tells us what he has found, which is a longer and drearier story•••• From the moment, nearly a century ago, when history ••• and the rest of the humanities repudiated the literary art in an effort to resemble the objectivity of natural science, the contempt for the Word has ~'. "

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increasingly bred an unawareness of the Idea •••• The false analogy with science which suggests to the scholar that any fact will ultimately be valuable now makes him willing to spend his time on inquiries of which he himself is unable to state the point. What the editors can do about the "Word," the "Idea," or the "point," I hesitate to ..J guess, On this issue I suffer from few illusions. But we should not wait for the mil­ lenium. The time is now and we begin here. When this Executive Secretary and Managing Editor tries to answer questions he has been debating, he arrives at no certain conclusions. Of one purpose only he is certain. The first obligation of this Association is to historical scholarship. Only when we are certain that we are doing our best for scholarship should we consciously plan ) expansion. If we desire TV programs and popular publications, newsletters, or the \ establishment of this or that historical service, we must be prepared to pay for them / as well as for our scholarly work. This means the employment of more people at good . salaries. This means enlargement of our headquarters building. In concrete terms ex­ " pansion may mean an increase in dues to ten or even fifteen dollars a year, dues as high t, as those of most of the other similar learned societies. .\ Whether we want to or not, we move, we grow, we are en route. We should take 1 thought of direction and distance. More help for scholarship? Beyond scholarly history? J Do we want, are we willing to pay the costs? We should not move or grow just for the ~ sake of movement and growth. We should move in new directions only as these. new directions take us toward more thoughtful historical research and deepen historical understanding. We should plan to grow with need--the needs of people seriously interested in history. We can slowly and, we hope, intelligently assume some re­ sponsibility for the diffusion of historical knowledge. But as we diffuse we must never '" ) forget that we ourselves must first have knowledge and the ability to sustain our efforts I on a high level of literacy and integrity. i BOYD C. SHAFER, Executive Secretary and Managing Editor. J \

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The American Historical Association on August 31, 1959 had cash on hand lOr gen­ eral purposes amounting to $72,879.17, an improvement of $19,578.11 over the pre­

",' '""\ ceding fiscal year. The Association headquarters and its equipment are valued at $50,420.52. Funds, unrestricted as to use of income, in the custody of the Fiduciary Trust Company of New York under the direction of the Board of Trustees, amount to $139,202.59. These three items (cash, headquarters building and equipment and invested funds) constitute the total assets of $262,502.28, available lOr the general purposes of

) the Association. ." Securities in the portlOlio of the Matteson Fund amount to $86,655.05 and tb:>se in the other special funds of the Association, restricted in purpose, amount to $156,120.00. Unexpended portions of grants made by lOundations and others lOr specified purposes amount to $377,138.92. These various restricted funds total $619,923.97. Funds, restricted and unrestricted, composing the total assets of the Association amount to $ 882,426.25 if the book value of permanent investments is used. If market values, according to the August 31, 1959 appraisal, are used, the total assets of the '~ Association amount to $1,238,456.53. This srows an improvement of $130,515.65 over the preceding year if book value of permanent investments is used. This is due largely to the greater amounts received from lOundations lOr special projects. An improvement J of $209,501.77 over the preceding year is srown if market values are used. This is due I additionally to the growth in value of the securities in our permanent investments. The tables on the pages which 101low give a condensed account of the Association's financial operations during the past fiscal year. Ailfinancial accounts have been audited by F. W. Lafrentz and Company, certified public accountants, wOOse report is on file at the Association's headquarters where it is available lOr inspection by interested members. Filed also at headquarters and available lOr examination is the report of " the Fiduciary Trust Company, approved by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, on the securities held in its custody.

December, 1959 ELMER LOUIS KAYSER, Treasurer.

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GENERAL ACCOUNT

llaDparative Statement far 19'7/19'8 and 19'8/'9 of Receipta and DiBbun ...nta of UnreBtriCtad FIml.

19'7/58 ~ ,.j Rec.~ on hand Sept. 1.n n ...... " ...... " ...... ", ...... n $37,267.'0 $33,301.06 ADnuol Du...... 47,680.76 ~0,072.48 Regiotration hee ...... " ...... 3,387.10 3,172.01 Intereot ...... n ...... 18,885.13 19,669.66 10,265.66 U,1.55.88 tmti:.~~~~~. ~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 100.00 '87.48 Adverti.ing •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••• 6,486.3' 6,216.76 ll1lcellaneoU8•••••.••••.••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••.••••• 341.75 465.84 Employee.' taxa•• 1 thheld from u.l.arlee for later payment •••••••••••• 968.08 i'oIlndation grant. (portions alloc.tad to odmini.tration) ••••••••••••• ~ 13.847.00 $133,039.:<7 $161.6%.27 Disburaementli General Administration •••••••••••.•••••••.••.••.•••••.••.•••• , ••••••• $49,719.66 $37,174.06 Counoil and c~ tteall ••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1"re.27 1,952.80 Annual meeting •••••••••••••••.•••••.•••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••• 3,307.72 3,067.44 .B!Y.!!!.--copiee for mambera ...... 22,140.60 23,374.40 A. O. L. S. --due...... " ...... 100.00 100.00 Pacific Coast Branch ••••••••.•••••.•••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••.•••• 300.00 300.00 International Com. of Riet. Sciences ••••••••••.••••.••••••••••••.•••. 116.70 115.75 National Truat for Historio Pre.ervation •••••••••••••••••••••.••••••• 100.00 100.00 Payment t""Bl'd Ad_ prize of 1956 ...... 300.00 Investments •••.•••••••••••.•.•••.•...•••.••••••••.••••••••••.•••••••• 2,374.36 ElI!ployee" tax•• withheld - Bol. 6-31-'6 ...... 13.90 Speoial ProJeot. Cc1Dm1tteea ••••.••••••••••••.•••••.•.•••••••••••••••• 2,223.65 Life InBUrmce Premiums of E'I:lp1oyeee ••.••••••••.•••••••••••.•.••••••• 69.00

$79,736.21 $88,77'7.10

'" Buance, Augu.t 31 .•...... • .o •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• '3,301.06 72,879.17

$133,039.27 *161,656.27

Statement of Receipta and DiBburs8IIIe1lta for 1958/59 of special Fund. and Grenta included in the General Mcount

Recoipte Disbureementl!l Endo_ Fund Contributions ••.•••••••.•••.•.•••.•.•••••.•••••.•.•••.••••..•••••••.• $395.00 Life ~bersb.ip dues .•••..•.••.•.•.••.•.•••.•...•.•.••••.•.••.••.•.•. 3,000.00 Balance, lulg. 31, 1959 ••••••••.•••••••••.••••••••••.••••••••••••••••• $3,395.00

$3,395.00 $3.395.00 AIdrew D. White Fund Cash on hand, Sept. 1, 1958 .•••••••.•••.•.••••..•...•••.•...•.••••••. $246.34 Interest .••..•.•••••.•••.•.••••.•••••.•••.....•...••..•..••.•.••••.•. 42.00 Balance, .Aug. 31, 1959 ••••••••••••••••.•••••••.•••••••.•••••••.•••••• ~

~ ~ George Louis Beer Prize Fund Cash on hand, Sept. 1, 1958 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $656.25 Interest •••.•.••••.••••.••••••••••••••••••...•.•••••••.••.••.•.•.••.• 294.00 Prize of 1958 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $300.00 Bale.nce, Aug. 31, 1959 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~. $950.25 ~ John H. Dunning Prize Fund Cash on Hand Sept. 1, 1958 •••••••••.••••.•••.••.••.....••.••.••••••• $346.29 Interest •••.•••.••....•.••..•••••.•..•.••..•••••....••••••...•••••••• 73.50 Ro;ya.l ties •.••...•.•••.•.•.•.••.•••••.••••..•••.•....••.••••..•.•••••• 861. 74 Prize !!Warded 195a •.•••••••••••.•••••.•••••••••••••••••••.••••••••.•• $l4O.00 Balance, Aug. 31, 1959 ••••.•.•.•••.••.•.••.••••..••.••..•.•.•.•.••.•• 1,141.53

tl,281. 53 $1,281.53 Robert L. Schuyler Prize Fund CaBh on hand, Sept. 1, 195a •••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••• $432.11 Intere:lt •••••.•.••••••.••.•••.••••••• _ •••••••••••••••••••.••.•••••••• 15.12 Balanoe, Aug. 31, 1959 •••• , ••••••••••••••••••••••• _ •••••••••••••••••• , . ~ $447.23 $447.23

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IlENKRAL ACCOUNT--Oontinued

Statcont oi: !!ecoipts and Disburo...",ts for 1958/59 oi: Speoial F\md1! and (!rants ino1uded in the Clonoral Aooount--Contim1ed · , !!ecoipts Dillburaements J. Fronklin J .....on I'\lnd Cub on band, Sopt. 1, 1958 ...... $l,286.06 '" Intsreost ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• l54.7O From Bales or l'tiet of Doctoral ml.eertationa tI ••••••••••••••••••••••• 420.95 EEpenl:e on Ilocount or "Uet of Dootoral Dialsrtationa It ••••••••••••••• $848.58 Balanoe, Aug. 31, 1959 ...... 1,013.13 I" $1,861.71 $1,861.71

David J.!. II!.ttel!on I'\lnd CUll 00 band, Sopt. 1, 1958 ...... $l6,267.32 In_t ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3,682.82 Sal. oi: Index ...... 855.20 PreparatIOiiOr Index .. and bibliognphioal liots ••••••••••••••••••••• $2,767.61 Balance, Aug. 31, 1959 ...... 18,037.73

$20,80'.34 $20,805.34

Job !!ep.tor Fund Cuh on bond, Sopt. 1, 1958 ...... ~701.46 Annual fee.e ...... 679.00 l'Urni ture &nd Fixture...... $74.00 OCfice EEpetl88S ...... 58C.19 Balanoo, Aug. 31, 1959 ...... 726.2:1

$1,380.46 $1,380.46

Ruerv. I'\lnd (for house ropairo &nd renovations) Balanoe, Sept. 1, 19!58.- •••••••••••••.•••.••..••.•.••••••••••...••..•. $600.00 .. Addition to Res.rv...... 600.00 Dieburllem.enta ••••• ~ ...... $452.4' Balanoe, Aug. 31, 1959 .•.....••..••...... •.••..•...••..•.•..•..•• 747.55

$1,200.00 $1,200.00 Ford FoUI>lat1an Orant.: llibliOl:rephie. oi: Br1 tuh Hi.tory Cub on h&nd, Sept. 1, 19'8 ...... $6,055.58 Clrant •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 20,000.00 !!efUI>l of advanc •• mad. Sopt. 1, 19~ to Aug. 31, 1957 for work CD tiThe Tudor Perio:1 tt •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1,184.43 Dialbursetnsnta ••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••.•.• $15,644.37 Balanco, Aug. 31, 1959 ...... ll,59'.64 $27,240.01 $2:1,240.01

Service Canter for !'eaobere oi: Hi.tory Cub on band, Sept. 1, 1958 ...... $75,206.52 11lree year Grant ••••••••••••.•••.•••...••••••.•••.•••••••••.••••• 140,000.00 Diaburlltment!i •.•.•...•...•.....•.•...... •...... •..•...... '''',562.10 Balano., Aug. 31, 19'9 ...... 160,644.42

$=,206.52 $215,206.52

~ AmerioM Ccm:ni ttee for the Study of War Doo1.lml!!ntil Cuh on band, Sept. 1, 1958...... $10,904.1.4 Diaburaement.& ••••••••••••••••.••.••..•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $5,499.99 Balanoe, Aug. 31, 1959 ...... ,,4Oi..15

$10,904.1.4 $10,904.1.4 i .l ViII it Bureau - Int'l. CmIIdttee of Hilltorioal Soisnces Balonoe, Sept. 1, 1958 ...... ~...... $ll,131.48 I Diabursements •...•.••.••.•.••...•..•..•.....•..•....•...•...•.... $7,235.23 Rafunded to Ford Found.tion ••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••• 3,896.25 i $ll,131.48 'll.131.48 l.!lorof1lJning oi: WIU' Dooumente $30,000.00 Clrant •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~ Bolano., Aug. 31, 1959 ...... $30,000.00

~ $30,000.00 $30,000.00 ~ i J l ~J '~. ~. .~ .. , , 18 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIA nON

GENERAL ACCOUNT--Cont1nued

Statement of lIeooipto aDi Disburooments for 1958/'9 of Speoial !I\iildii and Grants InolUded In thii ooneral Aooount--continuod

Roo.ipt. DiobyroemeAte Oarner~tion of I/e!r York Grants: t on stUdY of Greduate !lIuoaticm in i!llItorT '" Balanoo, Sept. 1, 1958 .•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $24,211.47 Qrant~ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0.0 ••••• 24,500.00 Dieburoesoonts ...... $16,104.24 Bal.anoe, lwg. 31, 1959 ...... 32,607.23

.. $48,711.47 $48,711.47 ) j. Travol El:pense. of Delegatee to Int'l. lIootinga !lIll.anoe, Sept. 1, 1958 ...... $7,732.08 Diabursemente ...... $866.00 , . Bal.anoo, lwg. 31, 1959 ...... 6,86'.28 $'7,732.08 $7,732.08

_kBfoller Fourdation Grants: AIIilotono. for Pl'Ol'oo.oro or Sc>lth AIIian !IilItorT Co.Ih 00 Hand, Sept. l, 1958 ...... $12,085.55 Grant •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 34,002.85 DiebursOlDOllts ...... $44,'93.73 Balaooo, klg. 31, 1959 ...... 2,2901,.67

*6,888.40 $46,888.40 Quid. to Hiotoriool Uterature Caah on haod, sept. l, 1958 ...... $32,498.46 Disburoements ...... $15,479.48 Balanoe, klg. 31, 1959 ...... 17,018.9B .. $32,498.46 $32,498.46

COUncil on Library He.curee;, Inc. Grant: Bolono., Sept. 1, 1958 ...... $10,'90.79 Grant ...... :30,420.00 Dilbureemante ••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••.•••.•.•••.•.•••.•.•.•.••.• $27,582.41 Balanoe, Aug. 31, 1959 ••••.••.•••.•••.••.•••.•••••.•••.•••.••..•.•••. 13,428.38 $1.1.010.79 141 ,010.79 Old Dg!lIinl.on Foundation Grant: War Doouments Camd ttee Balonoe, Sept. 1, 1958...... $11,978.72 Disbursements ...... $11,978.72 Bolaooe, lwg. 31, 1959 ......

$11,978.72 $11,978.72 Ully _anent, Ino. GrBllt: War [)()Cumenta &DIIi ttee BolBllce, Sept. 1, 1958...... $31,000.00 Diaburseaanta ...... $16,834.49 Balanae, .Aug. 31, 1959 ...... 14,165.51

$31,000.00 $31,000.00

'Jhe Fund for the AdV8ll0IllD8llt at EdUoatiOD Grant: Conference OD Television History Co\lr8ea Grant ••••.••...••••••••••••••••••• , •••••••••••••••.•••••.•••.•.•• $2,500.00 Disburseu.enta ...... $1,716.31 Balmo., klg. 31, 1959 ...... ~ $2,500.00 $2,500.00

J.ilrahall Field Enterprises Grant: Travel EEpenaea Grant •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $1,000.00 Diabur8em&n'l:.8 ...... $1,000.00 Bal.ance, Aug. 31, 19.59 ......

*1,000.00 $1,000.00

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SPECIAL AOC!XJJml

statement for 1958/59 of Reoeipt! and Disburs_nte

Reodpte Dieburaemento A. H. A. Revolving F1m1 for FIlblicatiODl! Cuh on hand, Sept. 1, 1958 ...... $3,069.86 ... Intsreat (frcIII ••vings .ocount) ...... ?9.52 Royalti...... 995.85 TranIItor to John H. tunning Priz. F1m1 ...... $861.74 Bal811oa, Aui. 31, 19,59 •••••••••••••••••••••• '.0 ••••••••••••••••••• 3,283.49

$4.145.23 $4,14,.23 l" Albert J. BoVllridgo !.!sorial FIlnd .l f Cuh on hand, Sept. 1, 1958 ...... ; ...... $10,332.82 Interut {tl'Clll itIVOllt-nto ODd ••vinga aooount) ...... 3,82'.01. Royalti...... 4,093.23 Diaburos.nto ...... $1l,496.53 Rolanoo, Aug. 31, 19'9...... 6,?~.56

I"~ $l8.2~.09 $18,2~.09 " 11 ttlaton-Oril!1t'Old 1\IIJi ~ CUh on hand, Sept. 1, 19'8 ...... ~10,483.32 Interest {frcIII inves-..to ODd ..vings aacount) ...... 1,~2.16 f Sal.s of publioatiOllll ...... 115.~ Disburaomente ...... $3~.09 1, Balanoe, Aug • .31, 1959 .••.....•••...... •.•.•••.•.•.•.••.••••••••• 1l.??6.89 $12,130.98 $12,130.98 ('" FINANCIAL ASSETS .1 Seouriti.. (bOok value) Aug. 31, 1959 ...... $381,987.64 .. Credited to Albert J. Beveridge Momorial FIlnd ...... ;. $105,000.00 Uttleton-Gl"iBwold Fund ••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 35,000.00 Andrew D. 'illite FIlnd ...... 1,200.00 George IDuis Boor Fund ...... 8,400.00 John H. tunning FUnd ...... 2,100.00 J. Franklin J ..... on FIlnd ...... 4,420.00 156,120.00

\ Devid II. J,Io,tto.on FUnd (speoial portfolio) ...... ,'...... 86,665.05

Unrestricted .•..••.•.•.•....•..••.•.•.•...•••••.•..•.•••..••••.•.•.•.•.•••.••.•••...• $139,202.59

} cash in chooking, saving aooounto, U. S. Tre&8Ul7 billa and oart1tioatos of indebtedness I and petty" oaah .•..••.•• '••••.•.•• '•.•.•.••••..••••••••.•.•••••••.•.••••.. $450,018.09

Credited to Special aooounts ••• $21,8:L4.94 f Special funds ODd grante ...... 3",323.98 m,138.92 Unrestricted •••• " •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• in,m.l? ~ , Fixed Ass.te Real JrBtsts ...... $42,?22.08 { Furnituro and equipment ...... 7,698.44 $50,420.52 , S1lIIIARI " Unrestricted FIlnds Seouriti...... $139,202.39 cash in custody of Treosur.r ...... 72,879.17 $212,081.?6

Fixed Assets ...... 50.420.52 ,J Re.trioted Funds " 5ecuri ties •...... •.•.•....•..•..•.•...•.....•...•..•...••.••..•• $242, ?85.05 Cash in custody of the Treasurer •...... ••.•...... •....•.. 3??,138.92 619,923.9? ( Total ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $882,426.25 \

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20 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIA nON

REPORT OF THE AUDITORS

November 13, 1959

American Historical Association '" 400 A Street, S. E. Washington, D. C.

I, Gentlemen:

~1\ We have examined the entries for the recorded cash receipts and disbursements of the general and special accounts of your Association for the period from September I, 1958, to August 31,1959, have verified all cash balances, have examined or confirmed all investments and performed such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. We did not correspond with members in verification of dues paid to the ASSOCiation, but used other means to reasonably satisfy us as to the accuracy of the recorded amounts. In addition to the statements of receipts and disbursements, we present in this re­ port, a statement of assets of the Association as of August 31, 1959. The assets included are cash, investments and fixed property. Dues receivable,saleable books, library rooks and deferred charges are not included, nor are any liabilities reflected therein. We were advised that there were no liabilities other than tb:lse for current monthly bills and payroll taxes. In our opinion, the accompanying exhibits and supporting schedules· present fairly .. the assets of the American Historical AsSOCiation on August 31, 1959, and the recorded cash transactions for the year then ended, and have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. The financial statements are presented herewith. In the paragraphs to follow we shall submit comments and additional information as to the scope of our examination and the accounts presented.

CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

A combined summary of all receipts and disbursements for the year under review is as follows:

Exhibit B-1 Exhibit B-2 Exhibit C Combined Speoial Fund. Operating Special Total lUld Grants Fund Accounts

Cash end tempJrary investments balance, September 1, 1958 .•.•.••••••••.•••••••• 331,ll7.68 2~3,930.62 ~3 ,301.06 23,886,00 Receipts ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 448,009.74 329,981.31 107,387,1) 10,641.30

779,127.42 '83,911.93 160,688.19 34,~27.30 Diebureementll •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 329,178.33 228,656.95 87,809.02 12,712.36 f---- Gash and temporary investmentl balance, August 31, 19~9 ...... 449,949.09 35~,2~.98 72,879.17 21,814.94

Recorded cash receipts were traced to bank deposits and cash disbursements were supported by canceled checks and properly approved vouchers or autb:lrizations. The grants recorded during the year under review were confirmed by direct correspondence with the grantors. '" Income earned on investments during the year under review was checked for accuracy

• The exhibits and complete schedules are on file in the office of the Association and may be examined by any qualified and interested person. \"' " '<'

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and properly accounted for on the books of the Association. AnDrtlzation of premiums paid on bonds owned was provided in accordance with the airounts determined by the Fiduciary Trust Company of New York. Payments to the Association during the year under review by the Fiduciary Trust Company of New York totaled $23,298.06, distributed as sbown at the bottom of Exhibit D. -J Dues received during the year amounted to $50,072.48, in accordance with the cash receipts records. Verification by us was limited to a test check of the names on the members' account cards to the dues book. Your records indicate that the total dues received are applicable to the following years:

Dues Year Ending in Airount

1962 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •. $15.00 1961 •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 253.13 1960 ••••••••••••••••• 31,172.10 1959 ••••••••••••••••• 18,587.25 Prior years. • • • .. .. • .. 45.00

Total •.•••••••••••• $50,072A8

Total dues collected in the preceding year aIOOunted to $47,680.76. A distribution of the l dues between regular and student members is as follows:

6,199 members paid regular dues of • • •• $46,608.48 .. 866 members paid student dues of • • • • 3,464.00 Total ••••••••••••••••••••.••.•••••• $ 50,072.48 I'j F. W. LAFRENTZ & CO. Certified Public ACcountants

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

December I, 1959

TO TIlE mEASURER OF TIlE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: Sir: I submit herewith a report of the fuard of Trustees of the American Historical Association for the financial year ended August 31, 1958. The securities held in trust for the Association on that date were as follows:

RmULAR 8ETION

VALUE OF ORIGnw. AND FR!ll!HT IIlLDINJS

Original Value •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~5,184.oo Preaent Value ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 628,364.00 Eot:!.mated Annual Income ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 20,410.00 Return on Current Market Value ...... 3.2i Return on Original Value •••••• t •••• , •••• ' ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• " •••••••••••••••••••••• 8.7~

Bond F'remums are J.mort1 ••d

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REOULAR SECTION--OONTlNUEIJ Eat_ted .., ~te &IIIlUol imaI>e Pric. Volue Rote Jmount ,1 1loDdII: 19,000. u. S. A. Treuur;y C/I B-l960 ~ '/lS/6O ••••••••••••••••••• $100 $19,000 *760 10,000. U. '5. A. Treuur;y Hotea A-l961 4~ 8/l/61•••••••••••••••••• 99 9,900 400 10,000. V1riin1a R;r. let Lien r. Rof. B 3~ 5/119' •••..•••• ··••••·• 71 7,100 300 20,000. AlUlllinuD 00. of America Deb. 3 l/~ 2/ l/64••••••••••••••• 96 19,200 625 10,000. Dow Chemicol ()y. Deb. 3~ 7/l/S2•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 190 19,000 300 10,000. Scott Paper CV. Deb. 3" 3/ 1/71 ...... •...... •...... liO li,ooo 300 casorciol Credit Hot .. 3 l/4~ 6/lS/61 ••••••••••••••••••• 96 9,600 325 )' 10,000. Totol banda ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •• $94,800 $3,010 , , Preferred Stookll: 100 cona. Edioon of Ne'or York $5 Pfd...... 101 10,100 *5.00 500 100 E. I. Du Pont De NCKlUrIf $4.50 Pfd •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 101 10,100 4.50 450 70 U. S. Rubber S~ N~ lot Pfd •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 150 10,'00 S.OO 560 100 U. S. Stool ~ Pfd ...... 144 14,400 7.00 700

Total preferred .toakll ...... $45,100 $2,210 Ccmoon StockII: 550 IIarine IIidlaod•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26 14,300 1.00 '50 120 Imuranco Co. of Nortb America...... 132 15,840 3.00 360 54' Cincinnati au r. Electric ...... 32 17,440 1.50 816 480 Clevel.aod Electric I1l1lllinating ...... 51 24,480 1.80 S64 400 Toxa. utillti...... 73 29,200 1.76 704 560 E1 Pooo Naturo1 Gao ...... 32 17,920 1.30 728 '33 Oklabcaa Natural Gao ...... zg 14,924 1.24 661 400 United Gao ...... 36 14,400 1.50 600 442 Eaa1man Kodak ...... 91 40,= 1.48 654 .. 300 !IDerioan Can •••••••••••••••••••••••' ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 44 13,200 2.00 600 400 Allarican Cyonmn1d ...... 60 24,000 1.60 640 200 E. I. Du Pont De N--.ro ...... 268 53,600 6.00 1,:200 200 Unioo Carbide ...... 143 28,600 3.60 720 400 Continentol au ...... 55 22,GOO 1.60 640 60' Staodard au of New J.ney...... 51 3O,S55 2.25 1,361 600 Generol Electric ...... S2 49,200 2.00 1,200 m WutiIWhouse Eleotric ...... 94 23,500 2.00 500 180 Illgorooll Rand ...... 88 15,840 4.00 no 400 Aluminum Ltd...... 34 13,600 .50 :200 100 Kenneoott Copper...... 100 10,000 6.00 600 '80 Canadian Pacl£ic Ry ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• , ••••••••••••••• 26 16,240 1.50 S70

Totol CcmJIOIl otockII ...... ~,361 $l5,19O

Seouri tiee value •• , ••.••..•••.•..•..••..•••••..•.....•...•.....••..•• $629,291

I'rincipal cooh overinveoted•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 697

Total account .••, ...... $626,364

Estimated annual 1nccae ...... t •••••••••• $20,410

Statement of traoaectiooo durillg the period fran SejTt ...bor 1, 1956 through August 31, 1959

Date ruRCHA.SES Price Principal

ll/l3/,g ...... $lo,GOO. :~otgih~. ~~: .~~: .:~ ...... 109 $10,925.00 5/15/'9 ...... ~ ... $19,GOO. U. S. A. Tr... ury c/I B-l960 4~ due '/lS/6O ...... 100 3/32 net 19,017.S1 '/ll5/'9 ...... 400 Sho', Aluminum Ltd ...... 277/S li 281.76 ~ $41,224.57

11/13/'S •••••••••• $7,GOO. U. S. A. Treuur;y C/I C-1959 1 ,/~ fu. SN59 ...... 99 7/32 net $6,945.31 J/21/59 ...... l/3 Shr. Okl.ahau. Natural au order form void l/S/59 ...... 9.50 5/15/59 •••••••••• $31,000. U. S. A. TreOliury C/I C-1959 1 5/S~ Due 8/11'9 ...... 99 2;{,32 net 30,893.44 5/21/'9 •••••••••• 550 Rto. IIarine IIid10lld void 6/1/59 ...... 764 54.38

Total .alee ...... $37,902.63

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SEGU!UTIES RECEIVJ!l) BY EXCI!ANOE

4/7/"" ...... 580 She. COllOdillIl Paoific !\Y. received for ~,OOO. Cililadian Paoifio !\Y. Cv. Coll. Tr. 3 1/2'/> due 10/1/66 , , SECURITIES DISTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED

eI 12/11/'8...... 1133 1/3 She. Oklehcma Netural au repreaenting A 33 1/3,/> stock distribution on 400 Shs. to holders of record 12/3/58 4/13/59 ...... 221 Shs. Esatman Kodak representing e 1001> stock distribution on 221 Shs. to holders of rsoord 3/9/59 RIGHTS RECEIVJ!l) AND SOlll i " ! '/14/"' ...... 550 Rto. 1Iarin. ItI.dlllDd, rights to subsoribe to 27 10/20 Sha.@$22. per shere, to holders of record 5/12/'9. Void 6/1/59. Sold 5/21/59. , 1 ,~ J.lATrESON roND VAWE OF ORIGINAL AND PBESENT HOIDINGS

Grigioal Val11O •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • •••••• ;73,'01.00 Present Value ...•..••••••••.•••.••.••.••••••.••.•.•••••••.•••.•.•.•' ••.••••••..•.•.•.•.••• 109,655.00 EBtillated Annual Inoae...... ~ ...... 4,361.00 Return OIl Current J.!arkst Value ...... 4.~ Return OIl Original Value ...... 5.9j Bond premiums are ...,rti,ad J Approximate EBtilIated •, IIIIDllsl inc CIM 1 Price Value Rete _t \ Bom.: .. 33,000. U. S. A. Treoaury e/I B-196O 410 5/15/60 ...... $lOO $33,000 $1,320 6,000. U. S. A. Treoaury Notes A-1961 4~ 8/1/61...... 99 5,940 240 5,000. Uoion Pacific RR Deb. 2 7/~ 2/1/76 ...... ?9 3,950 144 5,000. Scott Paper CV. Deb. J1> 3/1/71 ...... llO 5,500 150 5,000. Standard Oil N. J. Deb. 2 3/""'7/15/74...... 52 4,100 138

Total Bonds •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $52,490 $1,992 CoIimon Stocks: 100 .Amerioan Electric Power ..••••.••••••••.••.•••.•••.•.•...•.•.• 50 ,1.68 168 l ',000 450 American Te1ephons &0 Telegraph ...... 80 I 36,000 3.30 1,485 318 StllDdard Oil of New Jersey ...... 51 16,218 2.25 716

Total. cOUIIQn stocks ...... $57,218 $2,369

Securities value ..•. $109,708 I Principal cash oYerinVe!lted .••••••••.•••••••••••••.•••••••••••.•.••• 53 Total accoWlt ...... $109,655

Estimated 8IlIlual incocne ...... $4,361 ~ St.temant of transactions during the period frca September 1, 1958 through August 31, 1959 .. ~ Date PURCIlASFS Price Principal 11/13/58 ...... $5,000. ~tg"~~~r.~:.~~:.:~ •••••••••••••••••• 109 3/4 $5,500.00 5/15/59 ...... $33,000. U. S. A. Tre.. ury elI B-l960 4~ due 5/15/60 ...... 100 3/32 net 33,030.94 ,) 5/15/59 ••••••••••• 100 She. .American Electric Po.er ...... 531/4 5 369.33 SALES "'-3 900.27 l 11/13/58 ••••••••••• $4,000. U. S. A. Treasury elI C-1959 , 1 5/8'1> due 8/1/59 ...... 99 7/32 net $3,968.75 5/15/59 ...... $3,000. U. S. A. Treasury C/I e-1959 1 5/8'1> ~ due 8/1/59 ...... 99 i,7{32 net 2,989.69 5/15/59 ••••••••••• 47 She. American Telephone & Telegraph••••••••••• 245 4 11,472.34 5/15/59 .•.•••••••• 100 She. American Telephone & Telegraph....•...•.. 245 1/2 24473.95

Total Sales .•...•.•.•..•.....•. $42,904.73

SECURITIES DISTRIBUTION RECEIVID

6/1/59. • •• • • • • • • • • 300 Shs. .!merican Telephone &0 To1egraph representing A 200j stock distribution on 150 She. to holdere of reooJ:'d 4/24/59 ! ~ r ,,_It

24 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOClA TION

The holdings of the American Historical Association as of Aug. 31, 1959, compare with its holdings of Aug. 31, 1958, as follows:

.,J Value of EetiJaatod Value of EatiJaatod prinoipe.l inoomt prinoipe.l inoaa

REGULAR SECTION /W'r!SON FUND

.lug. 31, 19~ ...... ~,,244.oo $19,163.00 Aug. 31, 19~ ...... ~9"O91.OO *4,009.00 Aug. 31, 1959 ...... 628,364.00 20,410.00 Aug. 31, 1959 ...... 109,655.00 4,36l.oo ) -- , , ,

As will be noted from the foregoing figures, the market value of the securities beld in the Regular Section for the Association increased (owing to the general stock market situation) from a total of $545.244.00 on Aug. 31. 1958, to $628.364.00 on Aug. 31, 1959. The estimated income basis, as figured as of the same two dates. increased from $19,163.00 to $20.410.00. During the year, the value of securities in the Matteson Fund increased from $95.091.00 to $109,655.00. The estimated income was $4.361.00 as against $4.009.00 a year ago. Charges made by the Fiduciary Trust Co. for management of securities as well as brokerage charges on purchases and sales amounted to $2,428.00 fOr the Regular Section .. and $423.00 for the Matteson Fund. The Board of Trustees incurred no other expenses •

FOR THE OOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TIiE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOClA TION

ARTIiUR W. PAGE, Chairman.

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, . " '" " " PROCEEDlNGS--1959 Z5 DRAFT BUDGETS, 1959-60, 1960-61 ,.. UNR!STIU0T!ll rtJIIIl9 (BulDitted to the !'inano. C

$107.387.13 $89.900 $99.300

DISIl!JJl3l'lIENTS

~nte to tho lIoomillan Co. for oopies or the Ravi"" supplied to members...... $23,374.40 $23,500 $24,500 !i!5,000

General IrdJRinistration .. Salaries EII:.o. Sec. &, !d1tor •••••••••••••••••• $15,000.00 $16,000 $16,000 $16,000 Asst. Etec. Sec. (part time) ...... 2,500 3,000 Asat. Er:ec.. Sec. &: &1 •••••••••••••••• 7,833.00 8,500 Asat. Editor ...... 5,000 5,250 Bookkeeper ...... 4,375.01 4,600 4,500 4,700 1JI1torial Asot ...... 3,830.00 4,000 3,800 4,000 Seo. to .Exec. Sea ••••••••••••••••••• 3,800.00 4,000 4,200 4,500 sec. to Asst. E:r:eo. Sec. & M ...... 3,292.87 3,800 Clerical Asst. • ...... 3,750 Clerical Asst...... 3,450.00 3,600 3,700 3,900 Clerical Asat. • ••••••••••••••••••••• 3,600 3,900 Janitor (part time) ...... S!l8.oo 860 925 975 .lnnuity for Etec. Sea ...... 1,200.00 1,280 1,280 1,280 Het1rement I1iy - 1lis8 _bington ••••••• 600.00 600 600 600 Bonding Booklooeper ...... 103.75 25 110 110 Auditing ...... 1,232.50 1,250 1,800 1,500 Travel ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 917.09 1,000 1,250 1,250 Sooial Secur1 ty for ortio. Sts1'f ...... 767.29 775 821 850 We Insurance ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 359.84 254 254 Cootribution toorard boapi tsli.atioo 1nsurence or staff ...... 96.53 166 110 110 Contingeot &, lliscellaneoua ...... 1,435.51 2,000 2,500 2,500 Legal Counael ...... 100 100 100 orrio. EJ:penae: (stationery, supplies, printi~, postage, telephone &, telegraph) ...... 4,561.64 5,000 6,000 5,000 Ibusing operating expense: (Gae, water, traah, electricity, inaurance, supplies &: minor replacements, etc. )...... 1,147.49 1,800 2,0CXl 2,000 orrioe furniture &, equipment...... 852.54 1,500 1,800 1,500 !lotos cootributed to the Review...... 861.00 750 875 875 Payment Bevi... articles ..::::::-...... 200 1,800 Doctoral""i'f.[ijjijrtation LiBt...... 100 200 fbuae sinking fund...... 452.45 600 600 600 $57,026.51 $62,206 $64,625 $70.504 HiatoricaJ. Activities Paoific Coast Braru:h...... $300.00 $300 ;300 $300 Council and CaImi ttaes ...... 1,952.80 3,600 4,00J 4,QCX) Speoial Project Calmitts...... 2,223.65 3,000 4,0Cl0 2,~ .\nnual meeting: Program Printing &, Milling ...... 2,432.90 2,500 3,000 3,000 1958 Program CaImi ttas ...... , 341.25 1959 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 250 350 , . 1960 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 350 Iooal Arrsniomelrto CaImi ttse ...... 45.82 500 500 500 Ballot (printing) ...... 247.47 250 250 250 I f\ I{ ~L, __ _ ~ .

~ Z6 AMERICAN HISWRICAL ASSOCIA nON DRAFT BUDGETS, 1959-60, 1960-61--Continued

Actual Orig1nsJ. Proposed Proposed incClllO and ,.; proposed reviaed tentative expenditure budget budget budget 1958/59 1959/60 1959/60 1960/61

rue. in ACLS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 100,00 100 100 100 Intl.. o:ma. or lliat. 6oiono811 (membership duee)...... =.73 120 '2:75 '2:75 National. TrU!!t far lliatarioal. = Preservation...... 100.00 11 Xl , flerbert Barter /odomIt Pr1oe...... 300.00 325 $8,139.64 $10,720 $l2,875 $ll,700 Inveatmellte, unreatriQted funda •••••••• $15,000

SUiImary or Di.burt!omnte

J.Il.amilltm Co. tar oopi.. or !levi... to mombera ...... ::::::-...... $23,374.40 $23,300 $24,300 $23,000 Gsnersl Adm1niJItrat1on...... 37,026.51 62,206 64,625 70,304 lliatar1oal. Activities ...... 8,139.64 10,720 12,875 ll,700 Invee~ts...... L:>.-- 000

$88,560.'3 $96,426 $117,000 $107,204

Balanoe Sheet, 1959/61, eatille.ted and oanputed

BBlanae an hand, Sopt. 1, 1959 (.otual)...... $72,879.17 Reoeipte, 1959/60 (estimated)...... 103.600.00

Total .vailable, 1939/60 (eaoputed)...... 176,479.17 E

Balance, Sopt. 1, 1960 (Q~)...... 59,479.17 Reoeipts, 1960/61 (eetimated)...... 99,300.00

Total avail.b1e, 1960/61 (OCIIIpUtad)...... 158,779.17 ElCpondituree, 1960/61 (eatimated)...... 107.204.00

Bal.l!lloe, Sept. 1, 1961 (oOOlpUtod)...... $51,375.17 l' ,~ . "~'I '.J ~ ~ , PROCEEDINGS--1959 27

MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS

December 15, 1959 I. GENERAL

,J Total. IIombor.hip: In11vidualJo - IIonorory...... 15 Lif ...... 383 AImual...... 7,422 Fifty year. ani over...... 26 TrUlltee •••• ••• ~ •••••••••••••' 4 IIIIIt1tut1ona ...... m ...... 8,226 Total. paid IIIOlIlberahip, inclUding lito _bor...... , ...... 7,639 Delinquent ...... 542 ) Lo.. : Deatha: Honorory...... 1 Lif ...... II AImuaJ...... ~ ...... 37 Resign&tiOll8 ...... 52 Dropped ...... ~ ...... 473 Gain: Lif...... 16 AImuaJ...... ~ ...... 1,142 NIt gain ...... 669 J.iamberehlp,. Deoember 19, 1958 ....•••....••..••.••.•....•...••.•...... •...... ••.•...... ••••...... 7,642 N... _ra ani ronenll ...... 1,142 Lo ••u ...... 473 Adjustment for duplioaUona ani reoaloulatioIlll of previous .tatietic...... ~

NIt loin...... ~ 8,226 ) II. BY REGIOHS .. Ne. Englam: ala., N.H., vt., "'8., R.I., Cca:m ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 899 North Atlantic: N.Y., N.J., Fa., W., Del., D.G .••...•••.••••...•...•.•.•...•.••...••...••.•...... 2,779 South AtlRDtio: Va., N.C., S.C., 00., Fla ...... 628 North Central: Ohio, Ind.., Ill' j Mich., Wis .....••.••.•.•.•.•••.•..••.•.•.•••.•.•..•...... •....•.. , 1,42' South CentrB1: Ala., Mitis., Tenn., Ky., i.Va •••••••••••• ~ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 286 Wel!!lt Central: lt1..nn' 1 Iowa, 1i:I., Ark., La., N.Dak., S.DIk., Nebr., Kin., Okla., Tex ...••. 0 •••••••••• 914 Paoifio Gout: Mont., Wyo., Colo., N... x., Idaho, Utah, Nev., Arim., 'full., Ore., .Arimo, Wash., Oro., Calif., Al.. ka, Heftii...... 1,036 Territorie. and dependenoielt Ce.nal. Zone, Puerto Rico, Virgin Iela:od.a ..•.•..•...•. 0 ••••• 0 ...... 13 other countr1el ...•...... ••....•.. 0 •• 0 •••• 0 ••••• 0 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• :. ••••••••••••••• 0 •••••••• 246

Total membership ....•..•..•.•.•.....•...••...•.••. 8,226

ITI. BY ST.U'ES, TXIIIlI'l'OItI: AND D!PIND!NCUS Total I __ro Total _rahip IIllI! NDnal.a IDOIIlborah1p IIIllI! - ronnalo_.ro

Alabama ••••••••••••••••• 53 7 Navada ••••••••••••••••••• 4 Aluka •••••••••••••••••• , 1 -~ ...... 45 6 Arhona ••••••••••••••••• 38 9 lIoir J.rol1...... : .. ; .. 281 38 Arkano ...... 23 2 Nn'lIIxioo ...... 37 6 California •••••••••• f ••• 672 96 _ york..... ; .... ; ...... 1,345 199 Canal Zona ...... 1 1 IIarth Carolina ...... ~ 18 Coloado •••••••••••••••• 68 13 IIarth Dakota ...... 19 5 cameotiout ••••••••••••• 222 33 Chio ...... 330 44 Deh1rl.l'e •••••••••••••••• 23 4 ~ ...... 58 8 D1etrlot at OolUllbie .... 323 42 Ol'Ogon...... 62 13 !'lorida ••••••••••••••••• 84 10 I'amIa1l vania...... 518 58 Ooorgio ...... 69 8 PJ.rtoR1oo ...... II /Ioftil ...... ,~ ...... 13 1 Bhod.I I1laDd ••• t ...... '2 11 Idaho ••••••••••••••••••• 16 3 South 1laroliDa ...... '3 8 lllinoio ...... 440 73 South Do.l

28 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIA nON

lIamborabip Statiati•• , Dea~ lS, 19~9--Continued

IV. DEATHS REPORTED SINCE DECEIIIlER 19, 1958

HonorarY member!!: Date of Death Georgee Lefebvre, Boulogne-BUI"-5eine, France •••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••. 1959 .1 Life memberll: Taraknath Da.e, New York, N.Y ...... Dec. 22, 1958 Louil! Henry Dielman, Bl!lltoore, lid ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••• Mar. 8, 1959 Rev. Robert Fortenbaugh, Gettyoburg, Pa •••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••• Mar. 16, 1959 Arthur IMy Hyde, Ounni.l!lon, Colo •••••• ~ ••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••• ~ ••••••• ~ ••• Aug. 25, 1957 JtmJ!8 Haun Hyde, New York, N.y •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• July 26, 1959 Elizabeth Kidder, ),leadville I Fa •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• July, 1951 Hel'Jlll.D S. Lovejoy, New Haven, Conn •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• '" •••••••••••••••••••••• 1957 Oct. 31, 1959 ~!d:t;r~~~~h, o:;;ay~ri:'N:Y::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Dec. 10, 1959 Anson Phelps Stokes, Leoox, .Yass ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••• Aug. 3, 1959 E. J. Uihlein, Chicago, Ill .•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Oct. 1, 1956

Amru.a1 III!IRbera: Sinol!ir i. A.rtostrong, Providence, R.I ...... liar. 20, 1959 Willll!lllililton Boden, Hopkinsville, Ky ...... Oct. 1, 1959 Esther C. Brunauer, Evanston, Ill •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• June 26, 1959 Webeter H. Burke, Evanston, Ill•.••.••••..•...... •..•••••...... •••••..••...... •.• Sept. 2, 1959 George S. CrI!lDdUl, EJ..aira., N.y •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Aug. 15, 1959 Bernard F. Donovan, Cambridge, Mass ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••• Jan. 24, 1959 Funham P. Grif'fithB, San Fre.ncisoo, Cillf ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• J1.llle 30, 1959 Rolani Deml111 Husmey, I...olI Angeles, Calif .••.••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Oct. 1959 J. S. JaoDon, Waukesha, Wie ••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••• '" •••••••••••••••• Jan. 17, 1959 llich.ael Karpovich, Cambridge, 1Ie.a!l ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Nov. 7, 1959 ll. L. VI. LaiBtDer, Ithaca, H.Y ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Dec. 10, 1959 Olear Doane L8m.bert, llJrgmt01l'D, 'II. Va ••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••.•••••••••••••••• June 1, 1959 !.h.urice Longo, HickBville, Long IelaIJi, N.y •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1959 Riohard Blaine 1&oCornaek, Hanover, N.H ...... 1959 Donald H. \i)Gill, Lo. Angeles, Calif ...... Mar. 1, 1959 Donald Cope 16:!Kay, Amherst, 1&al!Ja •••••••••• "•••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••• Apr. 3, 1959 '" John A. lAlrray, Rochel!!lter, N.y ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1959 Thcaas I. Park:l.nson, New York, N.y •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.• June 17, 1959 Frederick A. Rice, Berkeley, Cillf ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• June 8, 1959 Willim J. Sohmidt, Chapel Hill, N.C .•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Sept. 29, 1959 Sister IIary Borgia PalJIl, S.N.D., S. I!:ualld, Ohio ...... 1955 Wayne Edllon Stevena, Hanover, N.H •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••• July 20, 1959 Arthur Pryor Watts, Philadelphia, Pa ...... Aug. 30, 1959 Rev. Frederick E. Welfle, S.J., Cleveland, Ohio •••••••••••••. 1958 Flaud C. Wooten, Los Angele.B, Ca.llf ...... Fob. 15, 1959 Frank H. Yost, Washington, D.C ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Nov. 1958

COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR 1959

WE NOMINATING COMMlTIEE

It is an instructive experience to serve on the Nominating Committee of the American Historical Association. The organization which most American historians place first in professional activities only succeeded in getting roughly one member out of ten to return ballots after long and careful work by its Nominating Committee. The number of sug­ gestions made to the Nominating Committee was smaller still. Yet it is clear that some members are deeply concerned about our election procedure and its results in recent years. Some members from the West. particularly the Far West, seem to feel that their section is underrepresented in offices. in committees. and on programs of the Associa­ tion. trough none of them to my knowledge has made any study to determine whether this alleged under representation In these spots is out of line with sectional distribution of membership. One person woo stressed this apparent neglect of the Far West and stated his conviction that members from his area might find it desirable to give their support to a rival society proceeded to nominate an eastern man for Vice President. a mid­ western man for the Council and no one for the Nominating Committee, the key apPOint­ ment in this instance. He did, oowever. suggest a West Coast person for the Council. Still another member of the Association from the West Coast. woo felt his section was not getting its proper share of the plums ,nominated a West Coast member for the Vice­ President and made no suggestions for the Councilor the Nominating Committee. A third :>. 1 4' " , .~ " , PROCEEDINGS--1959 29

West Coast member offered nine names, all oot one of which were of westerners. The last suggestion blank that is worthy of note provided only one nomination and that name had the same initials as were on the envelope. Thrning now to the results of the election of officers and committee members, I take .J great pleasure in presenting the following nominations for officers of the Association:

For President----Bernadotte E. Schmitt For Vice-President----Samuel Flagg Bemis For Treasurer----E1mer Louis Kayser

:! No petitions for other nominations, as provided for in our constitution, have been re­ ceived. I therefore move on behalf of the Nominating Committee that the Secretary be , t . instructed to cast a ballot for this slate. For election to the two vacancies on theCouncU and the two on the r.bminating Com­ mittee a total of 669 ballots were received through December 15. Instructions concerning the time when the bal.lot soould be mailed and received were somewhat ambiguous; in the letter of the Committee it is stated that the ballots "must reach the chairman••• not later than December 15 •••to be counted," oot on the ballot itself it is stated that it is "to be mailed before December 15 ••••" The Chairman, badgered by a departmental secretary wOO sticks to the letter of the law, has taOOlated the ballots whicb came through December 15 and tlDse which were mailed before December 15 oot arrived a number of days later and found that the result is precisely the same whether or not the late ballots are counted. The total of ballots received through December 17 is 691. .. The fol.lowing are declared elected: , to the CouncU--W. Clement Eaton of the University of Kentucky and Gaines Post of the University of Wisconsin to the NJminating Committee--Kenneth Stampp of the University of Calii:lrnia and Gordon Craig of Princeton University

trust that the brethren will feel that due regard has been, paid to sectional and field representation. The Gbairman of the Nominating Committee for 1960 is Professor Stuart Hughes of Harvard University. The other continuing members are Catherine E. Boyd of Carleton College and Arthur S. Link, presently of Northwestern University. It is in the rotation of membership on the Committee on NJminations that new blood and the aid t of younger men in the profession are assured. The Chairman belleves firmly in this principle of rotation with soort terms and from suggestions that have come to him while serving on this Committee is convinced that many would like to have the principle of rotation with soort terms applied throughout the activities of the AsSOCiation.

December 1B, 1959. PAUL W, GATES, Chairman.

THE COMMITTEE ON DOCUMENTARY REPRODUCTION

The fol.lowing, the annual report of the Committee on Documentary Reproduction of t the American Historical Association, is respectively submitted:- 11 1. Committee Personnel.--Tbe Gbairmen of the Sub-Committees with one exception remain as reported in the last annual report. Dr. C. Easton Rothwell resigned in January, 1959, because of other commitments. His resignation was accepted with great regret. ~ His advice and his aid in finding manuscripts on World War I and in discovering indexes of archives in Austria made him an outstanding member of this Committee. Dr. Rothwell has not been replaced. It is suggested that the present membership of the Committee remain unchanged. i The members have signified their willingness to serve another year. • I t '~ , '> _i" . . 30 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIA nON

Until funds are forthcoming for a renewal of the Committee's microfilm program in cooperation with the Library of Congress there seems little point in seeking replace­ .. ments or new members. During the forthcoming twelve months, lDwever, the Chairman will stress the necessity for each ofthe Committee members to send him information and J to attempt some active organization of projects for microfilming, or to give advice and counsel on new programs. The members are in touch with the world of scholarship and its needs in microfilming. They cannot. lDwever. initiate programs or put forward suggestions witlDut funds to supPOrt their projects.

~ , 2. Committee ActiVi~.--tA) During the past year the Committee has aided, by writing / letters of recommendation, the applications of Dr. Vincent nardi of the University of Massachusetts and Dr. Oliver Dunn, Assistant Librarian of Purdue University, for Fulbright sclDlarships. Dr. nardi's sclDlarship enabled him to study in Verona and Milan. Italy, where he has found that considerable bodies of Italian medieval manu­ scripts are available for microfilming. Lack of funds has prevented giving Dr. nardi the aid be has asked for. (B) Dr. Edgar Erickson, a member of this Committee, was instrumental in organiz­ ing and in carrying forward an application, with the approval of this Committee and the Executive Secretary, to the Ford Foundation for support for microfilming a collection of newspapers in the Swedish language now in the archives of Augustana College, Rock Island, Dllnois. The Ford Foundation did not support the application. (C) Two applications in the name of the Committee and the Association were made to the Lilly Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Old Dominion Fund, of New York. The sum of $15,000.00 was requested in order to carry forward another three-year pro­ " gram of microfllming in cooperation with the Library of Congress. Both foundations failed to make a grant. (D) In April the Chairman. of the Committee with the Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Western Europe met with a group of interested experts in the field of microfilming and brought forward a suggestion for anew prOgram for microfilming European archives. Representatives of University Microfilm, the Library of Congress, and the Philadelphia Bibliographical Center, were present. It was proposed that this Committee ask the Exec­ utive Secretary to ~uggest to the Council on Library Resources, Washington, D. C.. that the Association of Research Libraries, and the American CounCil of Learned Societies appoint a study group. This group would write a report on the needs of sclDlars in the field of social'science arid the hUmanitieS. The information would then be collated and an application for funds weilldbe made in order that these materials would be micro­ filmed and deposited ultimately in the Library of Congress for the use of sclDlars. At the time of the writing nothing has been done either by the Association of Research Libraries 01' the AmeriCan Council of Learned Societies to implement this project. The Council on Library Resources through its President, Verner W. Clapp, has indicated willingness to ,respond to an application, however. The Executive Secretary has urged that 'this project be carried forward at the earliest opportunity. After initiating the project it seems a pity not to carry it forward. particularly in the light of the fact that funds for its support may be available. (E) By all odds the most important activity of the Committee has been the promotion and carrying forward of the GUide to Photocopied Historical Materials in the United States and Canada. This project promises to be completed and the manuscript in the hands of the printer, the Cornell University Press, sometime early in 1960. During the twelve-month 'period threemeetings ofthe Advisory Committee were held. Two meetings on NOvember I, 1958, and June 2, 1959. in Washington, D. C., and a third and final meeting on October 28,1959, in the offices of the Guide in Boston, Massachu­ setts. The advisers supervised and helped with the editing of the manuscript and the problems of cataloguing. Messrs. Eckles. Shafer. Leisinger, Born, and Lamb at one time or another made trips to the office and there worked with the Editor and his staff in solving probletns of preparation. The offices of the Guide were moved from 84 Exeter Street to 112 Newberry Street in June, 1959. -- , ' t, 1 ~~ ..

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A total of $60.500 for the project was granted by the Council on Library Resources. All but approximately $5.000 were expended over a period of two years. with an ex­ , , . tension of thirty days in 1959. for salaries. travel. and editorial and consulting work. (F) During the Annual Meeting of the Association in Washington. D. C •• December ,.I 28-30. 1958. the Committee met and approved. December 29, the new statement of its functions and purposes. This new statement was discussed in the Committee's last annual report. (G) During the Annual Meeting the Committee held a well-attended session on the problems of handlingmicrolllming for scoolars. Papers describing the Guide and the problems of an archivist were read by Messrs. R. W. Hale. Jr •• and W. Kaye Lamb. ) Dominion Archivist. Ottawa. Canada. Dr. Verner W. Clapp commented on the papers and discussed problems of micro reproduction. A criticism was written. by Dr. Charles W. David. Longwood Museum, Kennett Square. Pennsylvania. 3. Suwestions for Future Action and Poliey Implementation.--!t wou1d seem clear as a result of experienceS in making applications to foundationS for support that it is now a policy of great foundations to withhold filnds from projeCts for microfilming such as this Committee has supported in the past.'lt might be well fur this Committee to Ca) continue applications in oopes that some funds may be found, (b) promote self-liquidating projects. In this connection the success of ProfeSsors Black and MacKinney in organizing and promoting se!f-l1quidattn& projects for Slavic and medieval studies indicates that this is highly desirable and feasible. ProfeSsors BIack and MacKinney are to be congra­ tulated upon their successfui ~ce in their wOrk and the success that has followed their efforts. (c) It seems advisable fu the Chairman that the Executive Secretary and he work together to make a diligent search for funds to support projects b:. n:\\ling applications directly to industrial or business firms that might be interested in suppor;',ng " projects. Making direct applicatibns insteact of goiilg thrOugh fo~dations might prove successful. Indications that this might be a gOod procedure have been given to the Chairman by representatives of one or tWo firms during the past year. In concluding this repOrt the Chairman wishes to express his heartfelt thanks to the Executive Secretary and his staff for their encouragement and friendly ~idance. As always it haS been a pleasure to work with them.

November 10, 1959. ROBERT B. ECKLES, Chairman.

COMMITTEE ON THE GUIDE TO HlSTORICAL LITERA 11JRE 10 behalf of this Committee, I submit ~Chairman's ~terim report on the progress of work on the new Guide to Historical Literature.' ' 't The Committee has been obliged to accept another deferment of the date when copy can go to the printer's in meticulously edited form. We had expected to get it to them i early enough to achieve publicatiqn during the present aq.demic year. We have found it doubtful that we can achieve publi~tion during the year 1960. 1be material is all in r hand; it has been edited down to the last group of Sections. and soould be typed for the printer by next February. ' The costs have been less than the Committee qriginally ~timated. Although sub­ stantial costs remain to .be met for indexing. proofreading, and supplementary typing, 1 there will be a balance to return, as agreed, to the Rockefeller Foundation. I recommend that the Committee be reappointed in order that it may see the job I through to completion. When the project is over. I intend to suh1nit an account of its inception and conduct for the Association's archives. , It may be an appropriate time to renitnd you that the Macmillan Company is to i receive a subsidy (to be refunded from sales) from fundS of the Association other than the Rockefeller Foundation's liberal grant, which ~as for the costs of preparing the 'I' manuscript only. . t, November 23. 1959. GEORGE F. HOWE, Chairman. • t I ~"------" 'r '. ~ '. 32 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIA nON

TIiE COMMlTI'EE ON GRADUATE EDUCA nON IN HISTORY

., , The Committee on Graduate Education in History was created in 1958 under the chairmanship of Professor Dexter Perkins, University of Rlchester and Cornell Uni­ .' versity. Other members are: Jacques Barzun, Provost, Columbia University; Fred Harvey Harrington, Vice President, University of Wisconsin; Edward C. Kirkland, Bowdoin College and ThetlOrd Center, Vermont; Leonard Krieger, Yale University: and Boyd C. Shafer, Executive Secretary of the American Historical Association. John L. Snell, Tulane University, was appointed Director of the Study in September, 1958 • ./ The work of the Committee Is expected toextend over a two-year period, 1958-1960, and Is to result in a ~blished study which will appear sometime in the latter half of 1960. The work of the Committee Is financed by the American Historical Association through a grant to that organization from the Carnesie Corporation of New York City. The Committee has collected data and opinions in the illlow1ns ways. 1. Professor Snell worked full time traveling from coast to coast for interviews with about 220 colleagues in eighteen institutions during the spring semester of 1958-1959, and returned to full-time work for the Committee after two months of other work on August 15, 1959; he will continue to stve full time to it until about June 15, 1960. 2. Our basic questionnaire was sent to all departments of history in the United States which offer the Ph.D. degree. It has been returned by seventy-seven outof eighty-one departments, 95.1 per cent. It is destsned to find out about the numbers of Ph.D.'s graduated in the various fields of history, 1955-1958, and the requirements, operations, and philosophies of the Ph.D.-tralnins departments in conducting graduate .. studies • ", 3. A questionnaire was sent to 187 selected liberal arts colleges and others offering undergraduate history courses. This was designed to find out about the needs in coming years for Ph.D.'s in various fields of history, and the degree of satisfaction or dis­ satisfaction with ex1stins Ph.D. training in the undergraduate colleges. This question­ naire was returned by 67.4 per cent of the departments to which it was sent. 4. A somewhat briefer questionnaire was sent for much the same ~rposes as in three above to about six hundred other colleges. On these we received about 66 per cent returns (375 usable questionnaires are in hand). 5. We have fifty-one questionnaires from junior colleges, coast to coast, through which we oope to find out the quantitative needs of these colleges lOr Ph.D. 's in history and their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with ex1stins Ph.D. programs. 6. We have 182 usable questionnaires (twenty-two pages each in length) from persons wOO completed the Ph.D. degree in history in 1958. We mailed 284 of these question­ naires, one to each of the Ph.D. 's in history wOOse names we were given by the deans of the graduate scbJols. TOOugh we asked ilr 1958 Ph.D. 's, five of the questionnaires returned proved to be from 1959 or 1957 graduates and are not included in our usable sample of 182. Through this questionnaire we oope to find out oow satisfactory the existing Ph.D. programs are in preparins a college teacher for his first occupational functioning, and we also oope in this way to find out more about the conditions of teaching in smaller colleges. 7. We sent out about three hundred copiesofa special questionnaire on the master's degree in history. This went to colleges in all states and Is destsned to do two things: (1) to find out which colleses offer the master's degree in history (in contradistinction to tbJse which offer the master's in education, e.g.); and (2) the requirements and typical features of such master's programs. 8. We sent a questionnaire to the editors of fourteen university presses or scoolarly journals in an attempt to find out oow well the graduate sclxlols are training Ph.D. " candidates in research and writins. 9. We sent a letter to 184 college presidents asking them to tell us (1) oow im­ portant proof or promise of good teaching Is to them in appointins new faculty members , ' and (2) oow they evaluate teaching ability of candidates and new appointees.

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10. A one-page questionnaire was sent to the placement officers of all institutions which grant the Ph.D. degree, asking fOr infOrmation about trends in the relationship between supply and demand of college teachers of history in junior colleges, colleges, and universities. ,J 11. In addition to our own questionnaires. questionnaires sent out by an independent research organization to graduate students in history in 1958 are yielding 1nIbrmation which we will be able to incor\Xlrate inour study. Some three hundred graduate students in history were included in that survey in the scbool year 1958-1959. The data provided us by this independent organization is especially helpful on the financial conditions of graduate study in history. i~ What are we trying to find out? Principally we want to know whether the national Ph.D. program in history is the best \Xlssible, whether it makes the rmst economical use of time, and IDw many college teachers of history we are likely to need during the next five to ten years. The Committee is also espec1al1y interested in two things: (1) The improvement of preparation of Ph.D. candidates as teachers of history: and (2) acceleration of the Ph.D. program in ways that will not diminish the quality of the training.

November 16, 1959 DEXTER PERKINS, Chairman.

THE COMMITTEE ON THE HARMSWORTH PROFESSORSHIP

The Committee on the Harmsworth Professorship is pleased to re\Xlrt that two of .. its recommendations have been accepted and that the Harmsworth Professors fOr 1960- 1961 and fOr 1961-1962 have been ap\Xlinted and accepted.

" October 9, 1959. C. VANN WOODWARD, Chairman.

THE COMMITTEE ON HONORARY MEMBERS

Your Committee first took accountofthepresentlDnorary members which we under- stood to be the following: 1. Federico Chabod (Italy) 2. Pleter Geyl (The Netherlands) 3. George Peabody Gooch (England) 4. Halvdan Koht (Norway) 5. Mehmed Fuad Koprulu (1\nkey) 6. Sir Lewis Namier ~England) 7. Frederick Maurice Powicke (England) 8. Pierre Renouvin (Paris) 9. Franz Schnabel (Germany) 10. Hu Shih (China) 11. AlfOnso de Escragnolle Taunay (Brazil) 12. George Macauley Trevelyan (England) 13. Sir Charles Kingsley Webster (England) 14. Silvio Zavala (Mexico) 15. Costi Zurayk (Constantine Kaysar) (Syria) It is our understanding that honorary membership is granted fOr (1) scholarship, (2) teaching, (3) historical activities. Some regard has usually been given also to geographical location. f Your Committee operated on the understanding that there was no obligation to nominate anyone. We acted, moreover, on the principle that nominations be suggested only in cases where the Committee was unanirmus. In one way or another six names of \Xlssible oominees were brought to the Com­ II mittee's attention. I l !' i~ < <.J' " .,' 34 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

The Committee was asked to ballot on these six names during September on the principle of unanimity stated above. . . The results of this ballot being inconclusive. the Committee was asked to vote a second time on tbe three names which did not appear to be completely eliminated by the first ballot. As a result of the second ballot. held in October. I as Chairman of the Committee. recommend the nomination of Gerhard Ritter. indicating at the same time that the Executive Secretary and I have refrained from voting in all the ballots. A brief statement of Ritter's career follows: RITTER, Gerhard. (Prof. Dr.) historian; born Bad Sooden. March 6. 1888. Educ.: ) Universe of Munich. Leipzig. Berlin. Heidelberg. Career: Prof. of lv:Iodern History. Freioorg Univ. Publ.: Stein. Politische Biographie. (2 vols •• 1931); Die Damome , , der macht (transl. in Eng •• Jap. 1948); Staatskunst und Kriegshandwerk. vol. 1. 1954); awards: Dr. theal. h.c •• Dr. jure h.c. Address: Freiburg. From: Who's Who in Germany. 1956). --

November 1. 1959. PAUL H. CLYDE, Chairman.

THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES

Since the report for 1958 was filed. this Committee has held two meetings. on December 30, 1958. and October 17. 1959, both in Washington. D.c. " The first. of these two meetings was devoted mainly to a discussion of (1) the recent '\ visit of the Bureau of the International Committee of Historical Sciences to the United States and (2) preparations for the Eleventh International Congress of Historical Sciences. to be held at Stockholm in August. 1960. Neither topic need be discussed here since the Bureau's visit is described in the report for 1958 and the preparations for Stockholm have subsequently developed well beyond the stage discussed at that time. Special mention should be made. oowever. of the fact that at the December. 1958. meet­ ing Dr. Waldo G. Leland announced his retirement from the chairmanship of the Committee. which he had held since its creation in 1951. The Committee received the announcement with the greatest regret for its loss of his distinguished leadership. At its meeting on October 17. 1959. the Committee reviewed developments since the previous meeting and planned future activities. It took note of the death of one of its most valued members. Donald C. McKay. wOO was also a member of the Bureau of the International Committee of Historical Sciences. and adopted a resolution for trans­ mission to his widow and for publication in the American Historical Review. In this connection the Committee was informed by the Executive Secretary of the American Historical Association that vacancies in the Bureau are filled by that body in conjunc­ tion with the General Assembly, but that after consultation with the Chairman of this Committee. Bernadotte E. Schmitt had been sent as an observer to the meeting of the Bureau at Dubrovnik. Yugoslavia. in September, 1959. The Executive Secretary also stated that the Executive Committee of the American Historical Association Council had appointed the Chairman of this Committee to fill out Professor McKay's term as one of the two United States delegates to the General Assembly. the other delegate being the Executive Secretary. Professor Schmitt reported fully on the Bureau meeting at Dubrovnik. Items of spe­ cial interest to the United States. and so to this Committee, were (1) that the program for the Stockholm Congress was virtually completed by the appointment of session chairmen. three of whom are American historians (Hans Kohn. William L. Langer. and BernadQtte Schinitt), and (2) that our request for $1,500 from the Bureau's UNESCO grant for travel expenses to St£lCkooln! was put on tecord. . Progress on other aspects of the preparations for Stockholm was reported by the Executive Secretary. He gave details regarding the program (reports and papers) which showed that the United States would be well represented and wo)Jld indeed have ," %. 'J-

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a slightly larger proportion of participants than its po~lation warranted. As regards grants in aid of travel, he repeated the statement, made at the previous meeting, that ~~ about forty-four such grants would be available, at least thirty-six through the Social Science Research Council and eight through the American Council of Learned Societies.

,.I It was expected that the additional $1,500 requested of the Bureau might also be avail­ able. Accordingly, the Committee established a table of priorities in the allocation of grants and empowered the Executive Secretary and theawrman to settle any questions arising out of the application of these priorities to individual cases. Since the funds t, available for travel grants are much greater than ever before, the Committee antici­ pated that the United States would be well represented at the Stockholm Congress. i ;. At the same time, all those present were of the opinion that both the International Committee of Historical Sciences and other international historical organizations ., and activities within the ~rview of this Committee need to be made better !mown to the members of the American Historical AsSOciation. With a view to meeting this need economically, it was agreed that an eight-page article might be prepared for early ~blication in the American Historical Review. This would include a background state­ r ment about the International Committee of Historical Sciences to be prepared by Professor Schmitt. Further consideration was also given to the preparation of a book exhibit for the Stockholm Congress. It was agreed that for this ~rpose the cooperation of the American Scandinavian Foundation, the Association of University Presses, and other organiza­ tions should be sought. U""It The other international historical activities of the year that have occupied the atten­ tion of the Corru;nittee lie mainly in the Latin American fleld. In January, 1959, the .. Commission on History of the Pan-American Institute of Geography and History held ) its fourth consultation at Cuenca, Ecuador, at which the voting member for the United States was its national member, Professor Robert N~ Burr of the University of Cali­

.4' fornia, Los Angeles. It was reported at this meeting that the Commission's major project of recent years, a study of the history of America, was virtually complete and "\:,."~- would soon be ready for ~blication. During ~ the cOurse of the year the American ,,? Historical Association office, in consultation with the Department of state: set up a committee to advise the Department and Dr. Burr 'on historical matters coming before the Pan-American Institute of Geography and History. As fln4lly constituted in Novem­ :j ber, 1959, the advisory committee coosists of Howard F. ClIne. Olarles C. Griffin, Stanley Stein, Father Antonine Tibesar, and Arthur P. Whitaker.

November 21, 1959. ARTHURP. WHITAKER, Chairman. ( r' l THE COMMITTEE ON THE LITTLETON-GRISWOLD FUND \ .I The present composition of this Comm1tteeis as follows: Edwara Dumbauld, Court of Common Pleas, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Chairman; John J. Biggs, Jr., Urp.ted States Court of APpeals, Wilmington, Delaware: Julius Goebel, Jr., Columbia University: William B. Hamilton, Duke University; George L. HaSkins, University of PennsylVania; t Mark DeWolfe Howe, Harvard Law School; Leonard W. Labaree, Yale University; David J. Mays, Richmond, Virginia; Richard L. Morton, College of William and Mary; and _;i Joseph Smith, New York City. ' A volume of Court Records of Kent County, De1tlware, edited by Leon deVlillnger, Jr., State Archivist of Delaware, with a preface by Judge Biggs, Is in press, and will be ~blished in the near future. Other projects ate under consideration but not'yet approach­ '\ ing the ~blication stage. Appended is a financial repOrt showing the status of the fund. ) i November I, 1959. EDWARD DUMBAULD, awrman. \ ) ~II c, ____~ ___~ ___~ \' a", ~T lit' , : I> • 36 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIA nON

LITrLE'I'OO-QRISWOIlJ FUND , . Statement of Reoeipts end D1ebura_, Sept. 1, 1958, to Aug. 31, 1959 Reoeipte D1ebursoeepts ,,1 C.. h em hand, S.pt. 1, 19~8...... $10,483.32 Intereat - Inv_...... $1,225.00 SavillgB...... ~ 1,532.16 Proaaeds on Sale of Amorioan Legal ReoordB: Vol. I, IlAultnd Court of AppetlJ!. 1695-1729...... $l5.oo Vol. II, Select CYe. of the ~'II Court of N... York City. 1674-1:...... 22.50 ) Vol. VI, Recorda of the Court of Chs.rJoery of South c=ti. 1671-2799...... 19.50 Vol. VII, ~ ReoordB of AccCII&Ck-Nort.h!!lgt

THE COMMITTEE ON SOUTH ASIAN mSTORY

The Committee's program of bringing distinguished foreign scholars in the field of South Asian history to the United States was brought into full operation during the year. I ... Professor R. C. Majumdar. the distinguished authority on ancient India. completed his '\ stay in this country with a most successful semester (September, 1958-February. 1959) 1, at the University of Pennsylvania. We were unable to persuade him to remain for the ~ second semester because of the necessity of his returning to Calcutta to fulfill prior commitments. Professor B. B. Misra of Bihar University, Pama, an authority on modern Indian economic history, came to the University of Wisconsin for the second semester of 1958-1959. He taught both undergraduates and graduates, and was highly regarded by both students and colleagues. After returning to his research fellowship in London for the summer, he came to the University of Pennsylvania for the first semester of 1959- 1960. He participated in the South Asia seminar on economic development and gave a course on Indian history from the Mogul period to 1857. He will return to India in late January. 1960. He has been most effective in stimulating diSCUSSion among students. Professor K. A. Nilakanta Sastri of Madras University, a scholar distinguished for his work on the history of southern India. lectured at the University of dticago during the spring and summer quarters of 1959. Despite his age and the unfortunate necessity of undergoing an operation while in this country. Dr. Sastri missed very few classes. His stay here was of great benefit to his students and to himself, and he has written the Olairman enthusiastically about his visit. He had many qualms about undertaking the adventure, as he called it, and we are particularly glad that it has worked out so wen. Under the arrangements previously made, Professor B. G.Gokhale of the University of Bombay, and Professor S. P. Sen of the University of Calcutta arrived in September, 1959, to spend the whole academic year, 1959-1960. Professor Gokhale is introducing Indian history at the University of Washington (Seattle). The Committee thought him particularly fitted for this task because of his previous experience at Bowdoin and Oberlin some years ago. His special interest is the history of India's external relations in recent times. Professor S.P.Sen,oneof the very few young Indian scholars interested in French contact with India, is associated with the South Asia program at the University of Michigan. With respect to the future, arrangements have already been made for the visit of Dr. S. Gopal at the University of California (Berkeley) for the academic year 1960- 1961. Dr. Gopal has written biographies of two viceroys, Ripon and Irwin, and is one ..t of the best-known young Indian scholars. He is a son of India's philosopher Vice ~! ". ,A ", " PROCEEDINGS- -1959 37

President Radhakrisbnan. He should be a very successful teacher of American under­ graduates. Plans are also being made for the visit of the young Danish economic historian of Asia, Dr. Kristof Glamann, during the year 1960-1961, and the deferred visit of Dr. Kenneth Ballhatchet of the London School of Oriental and African Studies, 4 which is now scheduled for the second semester of 1960-1961 at the University of Pennsylvania, It is expected that Dr. Glamann will be at Pennsylvania for the first semester of 1960-1961, and at Wisconsin for the second semester. We look forward to the visit of Professor A. L. Basham, one of the most eminent British authorities on ancient India in the spring and summer of 1962. We are also planning for visits by , a young Pakistani scholar', Dr. Zafar-ul-Islam, recently a fellow at the London School, " and Dr. S. Arasararnam of the University of Ceylon. We continUe to feel that this program is accomplishing the results for which it was \\ intended, At its October, 1959, meeting the Committee recommended that the Associa­ I tion request a grant of $ 2,500 from the Asia Foundation to facilitate attendance by ASian ( scholars in the United States at learned society meetings in the United States, in accord­ ance with the Asia Foundation's letter to Dr. Shafer of July 14, 1959. Interest in South f; \ Asian history is steadily increasing throughout the country. Minnesota is further de­ veloping its program. Michigan has expanded its activities in the field. Professor J H. R. Tinker of the London School, a specialist on Burma, under arrangements quite independent of our Committee, spent the spring semester of 1958-1959 at Cornell. Wisconsin has appointed Thomas R. Metcalf(anAmherstgraduate, trained at Cambridge University, and at Harvard in British and Indian history) to its staff. Northwestern plans further developments in Asian history. The Conference on British Studies pro­ gram at the Association's Chicago meeting will be devoted to Indian history. No recommendations for change in Committee membership are made at this time. 'j j \ November 9, 1959. HOLDEN FURBER, auurman. \, REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR DOCUMENTS ~ ," I. General Remarks.

This is the fourth annual report made by the Committee for the Study of War Docu­ ~; ments to the Council of the American Historical Association. It has been a notably , , ." successful year, although not devoid of difficulties and problems. The Committee was especially gratified by the announcement that grants to the American Historical Asso­ , ciation of $29,000 from the Avalon Foundation and $30,000 from the Ford Foundation would assure completion of the microfilming project at the World War n Records Center J at Alexandria, Virginia. What seemed doubtful of achievement when this undertaking was launched in 1955-1956 has now been brought within sight of completion. Warmly welcomed also was the notification that Mr. Frank Altschul of New York ( City has made a grant of $5,000 for a special filming project of nonbiographic mate­ l'• rials in the Berlin Documents Center. These records supplement many of the record 1 groups that have been filmed at Alexandria. Utilization of this grant has been delayed k { pending the outcome of negotiations for a comprehensive project now being conducted 1 \", by the Historical POlicy DiviSion, Department of State, with German government (' agencies. The Committee's operations at Whaddon Hall, where the German Foreign Ministry ('k records were located, have been brought to successful conclusion. Professor Howard M. t~ Ehrmann, who was responsible for the production of records and publication of the guide {'~$ to the Foreign Ministry microfilms, deserves warmest' praise for his achievements. J Acknowledgments from institutions receiving the guide to microfilms, published by , have been gratifyingly appreciative. , Since the beginning of the operation at Alexandria, approximately 6,000,000 docu­ 1 I ment frames have been filmed from the German record collections. Of these 2,500,000 .1 were produced in the year 1958-1959. Scheduling the work to conform to the filming 1:>- ~j l ! 547167 0 - 60 _ 5 t' , . ~. ,',

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contracts placed by the National Archives put exceptionally heavy burdens on the project staff. Dr. Fritz T. Epstein, chairman of the subcommittee on microfilming, has given generously of his time to the supervision and direction of the project. Dr. J Gerhard L. Weinberg, as consultant, and Dr. Dagmar H. Perman, former director of the project, also deserve special mention and sincere thanks. The Committee is aware that the magnitude and complexity of the enterprise have added substantially to the duties and responsibilities of the Executive Secretary of the Association, Dr. Boyd C. Shafer. The Committee therefore wishes to acknowledge the support and general super­ ) vision which he has given to the project, especially with regard to the administration of ," the grants made available to the Committee. Since the Alexandria project has become, in effect, a Joint enterprise with the National Archives, which has assumed the tech­ nical costs of reproduction as well as logistic support, this contribution and coopera­ tion merit sincere acknowledgment. For excellent cooperation we are especially in­ debted to Mr. Sherrod East, Chief Archivist of the World War IT Federal Records Center, and Dr. Robert H. Bahmer, Deputy Archivist of the United States. While there is some overlapping in the expenditure of grants for the war documents " project, the Alexandria operations were supported during the current year mainly by a grant of $31,000 from the Lilly Endowment. The project staff was therefore greatly pleased by the viSit, on June 11, of the Associate Director of the Lilly Endowment, Mr. Manning M. Pattillo, .. IT. Publications• '1 With regard to publications this has been a noteworthy year and the Committee is proud to report the appearance of the following major items: 1. A catalogue of Files and Microfilms of the German Foreign Ministry Archives, 1867-1920 (Oxford UniverSity Press, 1959. PP. 1290). Prepared under the di­ rection of Dr. Ehrmann, five hundred copies were printed and distributed to the major libraries, research centers, and interested government agencies in Europe and America. It is the indispensable key to all microfilms of German diplomatic documents for the years indicated. This major guide was financed by an alloca­ tion of approximately $ B,OOO from the original grant made by the Ford Founda­ tion in 1956. 2. Supplement to 'the Gtllde to captured German Documents (Published and distributed

by the NationlilAi'chives. PP. 69). > The work of Dr. Gerhard L. Weinberg, this publication supplements the Guide to captured German Documents, prepared in 1952 by Dr. Weinberg and the War Documentation Staff, under the direction of Dr. Fritz T. EpStein. This is a valuable addition to the original Guide in that it lists, locates, and describes Collections which were not included i1i'the original publi­ cation, 3. Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, Va. Under this summary title eight installments of the mimeograPhed catalogues to the Alexandria docu­ ments were published during the year. These are reproduced and distributed by the National Archives. Owing to requests for these guides, the number of copies printed was increased from five hundred to seven hundred. The specific items issued were:

No.6. Records of Nazi CUltural and Research Institutions and Records Per­ taining to AXis RelatiOns and Interests in the Far East.

No.7. Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (OKW), Part I.

No. B. Miscellaneous German R~rds Collection, Part n.

No.9. Records of Private German'Ihdividuals.

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No. 10. Records of the Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production.

No. 11. Fragmentary Records of Miscellaneous Reich Ministries and Offices.

No. 12. Records of Headquarters of the German Army High Command (OKH), " " Part I. l'l'o. 13. Records of the Reich Air Ministry.

l m. Microfilming of Records. }' Microfilming of the Foreign Ministry records at Whaddon Hall ceased in September, , .. :\ 1958. At that time 510 reels had been produced and the necessary guides published. { This was accomplished under the original allocation of $24,000 from the Ford grant, supplemented by $4,500 from the Old Dominion Foundation grant. As noted above, 2,500,000 frames were produced at Alexandria during the year. I The principal record groups filmed, or in process of filming, are: Record Group 1010: Records of the Reich Leader of the SS, anef of the German Police and the Waffen SS. These files are from the organizations and agencies ~ under Himmler's control. They measure one thousand linear feet and filming is still in progress. Record Group 1026: Records of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. Among the largest group of records within the OKW collections is the files of the OKW Office , for War Economy and Armaments. This record group has been completed. .. Record Group 1027: Records of the Oberkommando des Heeres. This collection has '\ i been processed and filmed. Record Group 1028: Records of the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe. One of the smaller collections, it has been processed and filmed. Record Group 1032: Field and technical manuals. Selected items were filmed to complete the printed holdings of these materials. Record Group 1035: This Group includes ,records of German student organizations, both before and after 1933, records of the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, and files of Reichskommissar fUr die Festiguns Deutschen Volkstums. ,\ Record Group 1040: Files of German business andindustrial.firms, including files 1 of the I.G. Farbenindustrie, Hermann GOring Werke, and Krupp A.G. ) Record Group 1043: Records of former German an9 Japanese embassies and con­ , sulates, containing various types of administrative records of German missions j in the Far East. Record Group 1030: Field Command Records. These are the operational records of ) the German field armies upon which preliminary work has ~. Their uature ) and organization is such that a minimum of time is required to prepare them for ~ filming. , 1 Record Group 1031: Wehrkreise Records., This is, a large cgllection and will be filmed selectively. ~ I IV. Operations.

/ During the year there was considerable turnover in staff personnel at Alexandria. \ A serious loss resulted from the resignatiooofthe Director, "Dr. Perman, on September r 1. for personal reasons. She retains her deep interest in the project and is fortunately available for consultation. Mr. James McDowell, who joined the staff in March. 1959, \ has been appointed Acting Director. Miss Helen Uebel, who became a member of the staff in November, 1958, resigned in September to accept a teaching position at Brooklyn " ) College. Miss Beate Rubm von Oppen, editor of the Documents on Germany under Occu­ ( pation, 1945-1954, published by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, joined the staff in January, 1959; and Mrs. Berenice Carroll,.who has been with the project almost ",) since its beginning, resigned in September to accompany her hus.band to France. Mrs. ~~

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Miriam Haskett was employed in August to replace Mrs. Carroll. At the present time to maintain the necessary output we need to add another researcher. The staff operates with two clerk-typists, making a total of five persons presently employed. We were fortunate to have the services of Dr. Weinberg for three months during the summer, r' especially at the time when the change in Directors occurred. , V. Committee Activity. The Committee held one full meeting during the year, in Washington, on December /? 30, 1958. The Chairman attended several conferences with Drs. Shafer, Epstein, and Perman to consider administrative and personnel matters and visited the Alexandria project four times during the year. The membership of the Committee remained the same as in 1957-1958: Walter L. Darn, Columbia University; Reginald H. Phelps, Harvard University: Howard M. Ehrmann, University of Michigan: Lynn M. Case, Uni­ versity of Pennsylvania; Hans W. Gatzke, Johns Hopkins University: Fritz T. Epstein, Library of Congress; Oron J. Hale, OIai.rman, University of Virginia: and Boyd C. Shafer, ex officio.

November 10, 1959. ORONJ.HALE,OIai.rma~

THE COMMITTEE ON TEACHING (SERVICE CENTER)

The Committee on Teaching met October 10 to review the program of the Service "', " Center and the terms of the new Ford Foundation Grant. In June the Association re­ ceived a grant for a three-year term to continue operation of the Service Center. The most successful of the Service Center's activities has been the publication of its series of pamphlets. Twenty-three of these had been issued to June, 1959, and to October, 1959, approximately 225,000 had been distributed. Numbers twenty-four and twenty-five in the series are being issued in the fall. Distribution of pamphlets is currently on a sale basis at prices intended to cover only printing and mailing cost. Some measure of the impact which the Service Center has had on the teaching of history in secondary schools may be the growing number of requests it receives from institutions which wish to participate in the various activities sponsored by it. The Service Center has continued to experiment with ways of bringing college and secondary school history teachers tOgether. Pilot projects to arrange programs for history teachers in individual school systems have also been sponsored; the Service Center's purpose has been to encourage study and help teachers improve their familiarity with recent historical work. New members of the Committee are: Margareta Faissler, Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, Maryland; Gilbert Fite, University of Oklahoma; Stanley J. Idzerda, Michigan State University; Hazel C. Wolf, Manual Training High School, Peoria, minois; Walker Wyman, Wiscortsin State College, RIver Falls, Wisconsin, replacing: Qement Eaton, Erling M. Hunt, Francis Keppel, Sidney Painter, and Edith E. Starratt.

November 25, 1959. JOSEPH R. STRAYER, Chairman.

THE COMMITTEE ON THE HERBERT BAXTER ADAMS PRIZE

Since the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize is awarded only in the even years, the Com­ mittee has had relatively few duties during 1959. In December, 1958, Professor Richard '" Brace of Northwestern University succeeded the retiring OIai.rman and accordingly the Committee has been composed of Professor Brace, Professor John Hall Stewart of Western Reserve University, and the undersIgned as Chairman. Since the present biennium will not be completed until December, 1960, there appears to be little need for any personnel change until that time.

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This year the Committee was asked, In accordance with a suggestion of Professor Harold Grimm, to study the question of clarifying the terms of the Herbert Baxter Adams award. After a fairly extensive exchange of Ideas, of which the Executive Secretary of I, the Association was kept apprised, a new statement has been proposed for adoption by the Council. Its major changes are (1) that It restricts eligibility to an author's first or second book; (2) that It provides that no person is eligible to receive the prize more than once. and (3) that no entry will be accepted after June 1 of the year of the award. This last provision is needed if some forty to fifty books (the average number of appli­ cations is In that order of magnitude) are to be fairly and competently read by early autumn. The Committee has also drafted, for Its own use, a suggested application form ""'),. to be circulated If the Council approves the changes suggested in the terms of the ( award.

October 19, 1959. HENRY R. WINKLER, Chairman. J mE GEORGE LOUIS BEER PRIZE COMMITTEE

1 The George Louis Beer Prize Committee would like to propose as the winner for 1959 Ernest R. May for his book, The World and American Isolation, 1914-1917. If honorable mention is possible, this should be given to Arno J. Mayer for The Political Origins of the New Diplomacy. .. November 16, 1959 • CARL E. SCHORSKE, Chairman.

mE COMMITTEE ON mE ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE AWARD

The Committee operated this year much as it has in the past. As before. the announcements of the competition were mailed early in the year to the chairmen of history departments and directors of graduate Study in American history whose names were on the Committee's large mailing list, In May nine manuscripts were submitted. exactly the same number as last year. They were of relatively high caliber and this I seems to indicate. as did the showing last year, the benefit of including the statement ) in the announcenient of the competition that: "n1anuscriPtS exceeding 150,000 words , will not be considered," and the advice that candidates "submit only' manuscripts that r have been carefully edited and revised with a view toward publication." The relatively \ smail number of manuscripts submitted suggests, however, that wider publicity should j be given to the award. Possibly the editors of university presses and commercial " publications should be notified about the prize. On November 7 the Committee met at the American Historical Association head­ quarters. It decided on a dual award. The two best manuscriPts, both of excellent quality, were quite different in scope and approach. Comparison was difficult, The Committee, therefore, recommends to the Council that the award be given to both 1 Arnold M. Paul, "Conservative Crisis and the Rule of Law: Attitudes of Bar and Bench, J 1887-1895," and to Nathan Miller, "The Enterprise of a Free People: canals and the \ Canal Fund in the New York Economy, 1792-1838." Each author would receive $500 ') and no honorable mention would be given. The Committee iilso recommends adding the following phrase to the paragraph in the application form for the award that comes just before the applicant's signature: \ "There are to my knowledge no restrictions or limitations of any kind placed on the j publication of this manuscript." The insertion of such a phrase seems necessary be­ ", I \ cause of certain limitations placed on the publication of last year's honorable mention winner, Howard Zinn. "La Guardia in Congress." , . A The Committee recommends the appointment of the following men to serve for the ,'>. coming year:

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Professor Richard N. CUrrent Woman's College of the University of North Garolina Chairman

Professor Glyndon G. Van Deusen University of Rochester

""1 Professor Charles Gibson State University of Iowa

Professor Bernard Bailyn Harvard University

Professor Hugh Aitken University of Galifornia at Riverside (presently Research Professor at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario)

All but Professor Aitken served on this year's Committee.

November 9, 1959. ALFRED D. cHANDLER, Jr., Chairman.

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lliE COMMITTEE ON THE JOHN H. DUNNING PRIZE

Since the John H. Dunning Prize is not to be awarded in 1959, Committee activity , , has been confined to publicizing the 1960 competition. October 12, 1959. CHARLES GRIER SELLERS, Jr .. Chairman.

lliE COMMITTEE ON THE ROBERT LIVINGSTON SOIUYLER PRIZE The Committee has not been able to have more than one meeting, from which ...... /'t Professor Costigan was absent but on which the Chairman reported to him. We have ), corresponded about a few books. 1 November 24, 1959. HELEN TAFT MANNING, Cbairman. ,I ( THE COMMITTEE ON THE MOSES COlT TYLER PRIZE The Committee on the Moses cOit Tyler Prize in American Intellectual History, composed of Drs. John Higham, Stow Persons~ and Fred Rudolph, and myself recom­ mends that the manuscript entitled Pioneer: A History of the Johns ibpkins University, 1874-1889, by Hugh Hawkins of the Amherst College faculty be given the award. The judges were unanimous. I should explain that because Dr. Hawkins was my own graduate student, I disqualified myself as judge in hiS case. I agree with the deci- sion. ' , Nine manuscripts were submitted, of whlch we returned 'one to the author, .as not 1 being appropriate for the competition. Two were proposed for honorable mention, but the judges were too far from agreement to make such a recommendation. Several of i, the others we think of as publishable.' " September 28, 1959. CHARLES A. BARKER, Otairman.

THE COMMITTEE ON THE W ATUMULL PRIZE

During the current year, the Committee has had no official duties to perform. Its f; Otairman, however, has had two matters in hand. The first is it proposed reconsidera­ I tion of the terms of reference in tre award, so as to broaden their scope to cover \ meritorious titles in fields other than history. The Chairman has circulated the , Committee for expressions of opinion on the subject and expects to modify the present terms of reference slightly on the basiS of the opinions of Committee members. The second matter, raised by Mrs. Watumull, refers to the possibility of changing the I nature of the award so as to include a substantially different sort of title. In this matter the Ghairrntn has advised Mrs. Watumull against such a change. During 1960 the Com­ mittee will again undertake revieW of titles recently published in order to make a nomination for the prize. } October 6, 1959. ROBERT I. GRAWE, Ghairman. I OTHER REPORTS

REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES " The American Council of Learned Societies has had an active year, supporting scholarship and research to the extent of half a million dollars, of which one half was for awards and grants to individual scholars. and the remainder mainly for conferences,

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congresses. and publication projects. 1be year saw the publication of the report of the ACLS Committee on Scholarly Publications. and the book by Howard Mumford Jones. One Great Society. written by him when he was chairman of the Board of the ACLS. as a statement of aims in the humanities. A conference was held on the history of religions. and another on policy in the grant of subsidies for research. A historian. Gordon B. Turner. formerly of Princeton University. has joined the ACLS as Staff Associate.

November 5. 1959. R. R. PALMER.

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REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS COMMISSION

The membership of the Commission remained unchangeu except for the appointment by the President of the Senate of Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts to succeed Senator Wallace F. Bennett of Utah. whose term had expired. Dr. Rudolph A. Winnacker. representing the Department of Defense: Dr. G. Bernard Noble. representing the Department of State; and Justice Felix Frankfurter. representing the Supreme Court of the United States. were reappointed for four-year terms. Congressman George P. Miller of california was reappointed by the Speaker of the Honse of Representatives for a two-year term. The Commission held one meeting during the year--June 24. 1959. ., Substantial progress was made with the compilation for the Commission. by Dr • '\ James R. Masterson as editor. of three volumes of the Writings on American History. The index for the 1953 volume was completed and 'the volume is expected to be issued by the Government Printing Office by the end of the year. All copy for the 1954 volume. exclusive of index. was sent to press and is expected to be published during 1960. Progress was made also in compiling the 1955 volume. A careful study has been under­ taken by the Commission's Executive Director to determine whether certain changes in policy may not be made that will insure more expeditious compilation of volumes with­ out seriously decreasing their value to students of history. Considerable progress was made by Dr. Robert E. Cushnum and his assistants on the COmmission's project for the publication of a series of volumes constituting a documentary history of the ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Sub­ stantial quantities of photographic copies of pertinent documents were obtained from libraries in New York. North carolina. and Virginia. and a few hundred pages of copy were prepared for the primer; but it will be at least two or three years before the first volumes can be published. With the encouragement and cooperation of the COmmissiOn, at least four projects for the publication of historical documents were formally established:

(1) Papers of Robert E. Lee, sponsored by the Virginia Civil War COmmission. to consist of one volume of selected official and personal correspondence of Lee during the period of the Civil War.

(2) Papers of . sponsored by COlumbia University. to collect copies of all known papers of Jay and publish a small number of volumes of these papers.

(3) Papers of Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont. sponsored by the Longwood Library. to publish in three volumes the Civil War papers of Admiral du Pont.

(4) Papers of John Dickinson. sponsored by the Delaware Public Archives Commis­ Sion. to collect copies of all known Dickinson papers and publish a comprehensive edition of them. r< ~ I _~. " 1 i PROCEEDINGS- -1959 45 The Commission's staff took part in the consideration of plans for the publication of a comprehensive and scholarly edition of the papers of John Marshall, but a project for this purpose has not yet been formally established. Some advice and information were given in support of tentative plans for editions of the papers of Albert Gallatin and Daniel Webster, but in neither instance has a project yet been formally established. ~' The year saw the publication of the first volumes produced by several major projects fr' that for a number of years have been engaged in the work of collecting and editing docu­ :: 1 ments for publication: 1- , (1) Late in 1958 a three-volume edition of the Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury. .... :~ j • sponsored by the Association of Methodist Historical Societies, was published by the 1) Abingdon Press. (2) In the summer of 1959 two volumes entitled Teach the Freeman: The Corre­ spondence of Rutherford B. Hayes and the Slater Fund for Negro Education, 1881- ) 1893, sponsored by the Rutherford B. Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes Foundation, were I published by the Louisiana State University Press. 0 I (3) In October 1959 the first volume of a projected fifteen-VOlume edition of The ~ Papers of John C. calhoun, sponsored by the South carolina Archives Department ~ and the University of South carolina, was published by the University of South II carolina Press. I 1 (4) In November 1959 the first volume of a projected forty-volume edition of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, sponsored by Yale University and the American .. Philosophical Society, will be released by the Yale University Press • "" j (5) In December 1959 the first volume of a projected ten-volume edition of The Papers of Henry Clay, sponsored by the University of Kentucky, is scheduled for publication by the University of Kentucky Press. II During the year three volumes of the Public Papers of the Presidents, coverIng the " years 1955, 1956, and 1958, were published by the Office of the Federal Register, Na­ i tional Archives and Records Service. This series was established on the recommenda­ l ! tion of the National Historical Publications Commission and the CommiSSion, at its ~) meeting in June, recommended that the serIes be extended back to cover not only earlier years of President EIsenhower's administrations but all the years of Presi­ dent Truman's. This recommendation has been approved. ! The microfilm publication by the National Archives of the Papers of the Continental Congress, which was strongly recommended by tbe NHPC some years ago, is nearing t completion: the last of the estimated 204 rolls of film is expected to be finished by the ! end of January, 1960. On December 29, 1958, a conference of editors ot documentary history publications, with representatives of sixteen projects attending, was held under the auspices of the Commission at the Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C. A summary of the proceedings at the conference was published in the July, 1959 issue of The American Archivist. November 4, 1959. JULIAN P. BOYD.

REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL STUDIES {,'II -~ . The first six issues of this year's Social Education continue to maintaIn the journal's traditional standards of excellence. Several splendid articles on straight historical sub­ jects and a number of ingenious pieces on methods make it clear that Dr. Todd again '" deserves the warm congratulations of the American Historical Association • .~ j) October 26, 1959. HERMAN AUSUBEL. t1

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REPORT OF THE SENIOR DELEGATE ro THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

I have to report that myownactfvityas a delegate, besides participation in the semi­ annual meetings (attended also byVannWoodwardandDavid Potter), consists principally • of my duties as chairman of the SSRC Committee on Historical Analysis. The latest published report of that Committee is given in Items, Vol. XII, No.3, PP. 25-27. Potter , is a member of that committee and Woodward attends regularly ex officio as a historian V'I member of the SSRC. The Committee on Historical Analysis begins, though only vaguely ../ ,..') as yet, to see its way toward a definitive report, perhaps in 1960. November 5, 1959. LOUIS GOTTSCHALK.

REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE JOINT ANGLO- AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON BRITISH BIBLIOGRAPHIES The Clarendon Press published in July, 1959 the second edition of , Bibliogr aphy of British History: Tudor Peribd, 1485-1603, a volume containing 6,543 main entries and 624 pages as compared With the first edition of4j 321 entries and 467 pages. Professor Edgar B. Graves reports for the medieval volume that he has completed preliminary drafts of the sections down to the Anglo-Saxon period, and that they are considerably fuller than those of Gross. He has expanded the chapter on Auxiliaries, and those of pre-historfc and Roman Britain. The chapters on Anglo-Saxon England are partly typed~ a few sections for the period subsequent to 1066, the entire section on local .." .. history, and the section on Scotland (which the editor wished to revise) have been typed. He has accumulated so many references for the period 1066 to 1485 that probably not more than a third of them can be included. He hopes that he will have a completed manu­ script ready for criticism within another year. Dean Mary Frear Keeler reports forihe Stuart period volume that the work has moved forward steadily in Washington, though more slOWly than in the year when Joan Kennedy was her aSSistant. The section on social history is nearly finished; the very large cultural history section is ready to be looked over by specialists. Professor Thorne is organizing the section on legal history. Materials on Scotland, Ireland, Wales, foreign affairs, and economic history are ready to be shipped to specialists in England for criticism. The English historians at Yale will be asked shortly for their comments and corrections on other sections. Mrs. Keeler works under difficulties, for she must commllte from Frederick to the office provided at t4e Folger Library for her and her assistants. The two young historians at University College,London, Ian R. dUistie and A. J. Taylor, are now moving ahead more rapidly; their assistaIit, Mrs. Alman, working four days a week upon the bibliogra!lhY from 1789 to 1852. No previous bibliographies being available for their period, they must start from scratch. They are now comparing the first year of the Edinburgh RevieW with other reviewing periodicals, to gain some idea of the number and nature of titles yielded, before combing the reviews systematically. The joint Anglo-American Committee has not yet ,succeeded In finding a satisfactory editor for the 1852-1914 period. The Royal Historical Society Committee on Writings on British History, 1901-1933 reports that it has worked through all but one of the English catalogues, has searched two-thirds of the American periodicals, and has assembled most of the continental material. This includes Portuguese, Italian, Scandinavian, RusSian, French, and what remains of Spanish material. Visits to Heidelberg and The Hague yielded a large propor­ tion of German and Dutch material not available in England, and an attempt will be made to fill gapS in Russian material through the National Central Library. American serials and books not trated in London have been supplied in Washington, and 120 new American '., titles were found. The School of Oriental and African Studies will assist in discovering titles published in the East and not in either the English Gatalogue or the British Museum Subject Index. October 30,1959. STANLEY PARGELLIS.

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The fifty-second meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association was held at the University of Utah and the Utah State Historical Society on September 10-12. 1959. One hundred fifty-nine historians registered for the sessions. In charge of local arrangements were David E. Miller, Chairman. Leland Creer, and .. 'I' Philip C. Sturges, and A. R. MJrtensen was convention host at the Utah State Historical ) Society. The program was put together by C. Bickford O'Brien, Chairman, W. L. Davis, S. J., Paul S. Dull, Austin E. Hutcheson, A. R. MJrtensen. Josiah C. Russell. James H. Shideler, Milton L Vanger. Eugen J. Weber, and Gordon Wright. This 1959 meeting broke with tradition in many ways, changing not only the place of meeting, but also the time of the year. N;)t since the 1920's, when meetings were appro­ priately held at Thanksgiving, has the time been shifted from the Christmas-New Year schedule. The experiment was made in response to the wishes of a persistent, die-hard corps of members who have desired a change in the meeting time. The Utah gathering also held a series of tours. to the MJrman Church Archives and to various points of historical Significance in the region surrounding Salt Lake City. The first of the sixteen sessions of the program met at the Utah State Historical Society where John D. Hicks, substituting for Senator Gale W. McGee. read a paper analyzing the historical trends of the 1920's and 1930's. Foliowing the paper and dis­ , cussion, members of the Branch were treated to a buffet dinner and a tour of the rambling '\ .. mansion, once the official residence of Utah governors. The remaining sessions were held on the University of Utah's campus. The usual meetings in western, diplomatiC, colonial. and Civil War history were presented by the American historians, while the European specialists were treated to sessions on medieval Europe, the age of Louis XIV, and Germany. Two special sessions were devoted to legal history and the conservation of historic sites. At first Reed R. Stout of the California bar presided over discussions of various aspects of legal history by Lawrence A. Harper, MJffatt Hancock, J. Allan Crockett, Delio G. Dayton, and Francis D. Wormuth. They concluded that legal records were unusually rich and rewarding for researchers, pro­ Viding that lawyers and historians could jointly undertake the research projects. C. Gregory Crampton chaired the session on conservation in which federal, state, and local responsibility for preservation of resources was examined in historical perspec­ tive. The speakers were John O. Littleton, Chief, National Park Service, C. J. Olsen, b Director, Utah State Parks, and Clifford L. Lord, Dean, School of General Studies, Columbia University. } For the first time in Branch histtlry, the Executive SecretarJ of the American Historical AsSOCiation, Boyd C. Shafer, attended a meeting and spoke to its members. The title of his address was appropriately "History, Not Art, Not Science, But History"-­ a plea for the flesh and blood of history without apology. At the annual dinner President Raymontl J. Sontag, introduced by former President Max Savelle. spoke philosophically on the underlying movements in European history since 1900 that have brought decay and disruption ·to culture and politics in Western Europe. The annual business meeting, with President Sontag in the chair. convened at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. Reports from the Secretary-Treasurer revealed, the continued healthful :) progress of the Branch in 1959. The accumulated surplus was Slightly over fifteen hundred dollars. This surplus was almostentirelydueto the generosity of the University of California, Davis, Whittier College, and the University of Utah. which kept expenses I) connected with the preparation of the 1958 and 1959 programs to a minimum. Subsidies " for postage and travel from participating colleges proved to be a substantial benefit to Branch activities; without them the Branch could not have operated in the black. The remarkable growth of Branch membership continued. In the decade since 1948 it had increased 125 per cent, with those members living in California representing over two­ f thirds of the total membership, ~ 49

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If The editor of the Pacific Historical Review noted the flourishing condition of the Review. with a modest backlog of good articles for three or four issues. He encouraged the audience to increase subscriptions by acquainting seminar students in their univer­ sities with the special rate of two dollars. As always, he reported that the University of California made the Review's publication possible by its heavy subsidy for editing. ~ editorial help. and printing. Following these reports, the President announced several decisions by the CounciL i;' The 1960 meeting will be held at the University of Washington on September 7-9. The Council decided to experiment for still another year with the change in time of the ,.' meeting. feeling that the Utah meeting was not a good test of its advisability. The Coun­ cil also approved as policy the practice begun in 1958 of paying the meeting expenses of the Program Chairman. Invitations for hosting Branch conventions in 1960 were received from San Jose State College. Loyola University of Los Angeles, and the Uni­ versity of Arizona. The Committee on Resolutions chaired by Max Savelle. with Charles Larsen and Harris 1. Martin as members. offered the following resolutions. which were unanimously adopted:

Be it resolved, and it is hereby resolved. that the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association wishes to express to the University of Utah. to its President. Dr. A. Ray OIpin. and to the department of history of that University. its sense of deep gratitude for their IDspitality in entertaining this. the fifty-second aunual meeting of the .. Branch• Be it resolved. also. and it is 50 resolved. that the Branch hereby express its sincere thanks to the Utah State Historical Society for its IDspitality and for its munificent contribution to the intellectual and social fare provided for the Branch at this very en­ joyable and profitable session.

Be it resolved. further. and it is 50 resolved. that the Branch express its thanks to Professor David Miller. as Cllairman of the Committee for Local Arrangements. and to the other members of that Committee. for the yeoman service they and their assistants performed for the Branch in making our stay here so comfortable and otherwise en­ joyable.

Be it resolved. also. and ius so resolved. that the Branch express its appreciation to the local chapter of Phi Alpha Theta and its members for their assistance to the Branch in the business of transporting members of the Branch to and from the various locales of the meetings of this session. and for their many other services.

Chairman Arthur R. Kooker of th~ Committee on Nominations submitted the report of his colleagues. John W. Caughey. Russell Elliott. David HarriS. and Richard H. Trame. S. J •• The following officets. councilors. and committeemen were elected unanimously: TlDmas A. Bailey" President; Francis Herrick. Vice President; John A. Schutz. Secretary-Treasurer, and for three-year terms on the Council: David Harris. Earl Pomroy, and William Steckel. Three new members 'of the Pacific Historical Review's Board of Editors were also elected: LeonardJ.Arrington. Edwin R. Bingham. and Rpdman W. Paul. The Board of Editors reelected John W. Caughey as managing editor of the Review and August Fruge as its business manager. Father William L. Davis was coosen a member of the Committee on Awards. The 1959 award of the Branch for the best boo/( published by a younger member was given to W. J. Eccles of his Frontenac: TheCourtier Governor. The Louis Knott Koontz Memorial Award for 1959 was shared by Robert Seager 11 for his "Some Denominational Reactions to Chinese, lmmigration 'to California. 1856-1892" (February issue of the , Review) and Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., for his "The Enigma of the Sublette Overland Party. 1845" (November issue). '~ ) ... PROCEEDINGS- -1959 51

The Program Chairman for 1960 is Armin Rappaportof the University of California, Berkeley. The members of his Committee are: Quirinus Breen. Robert P. Browder. Robert Burr. Francis Herrick. Jackson Main. Henry C. Meyer. Thomas Smith. Frederick Soward. Richard Van Alstyne. and Gerald White. The Chairman of Local Arrangements is Donald E. Emerson of the University of Washington.

February 1. 1960 • JOHN A. SCHUTZ. Secretary-Treasurer.

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," FINANCIAL STATnIENT, 1959

Balance, Je.n.. 1, 1959 ...... $1,314.91 , Inc"",,: .Ame:r1CaIl Historiaal Association 8Ubvention...... 0 ...... 0 •••• 0 •• 300.00 Publicity•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 25.00 1959 Convention at the University of Utah...... --..2Qb.§Q

*Total ...... " •• , ••••••••••••• , •••• • • • • •• •• $1,941. 71

J Expendituxes: ) Prlntmg ...... $lll.28 Progl'tllll ~...... 62.00 Secretariu expeIlSe ••• o ...... ••••••••••••••••••••• 35.00 Insurance...... 5.00 Travel...... 30.00 II1ec .•tempo, telegl'tllllO...... 19.00 i Progl'tIIII expense, incidental...... 28.25 Alrard...... 100.00 I Awards progrsm expense...... 3.75 / Additional coste for 1958 convention...... 22.50 ,/ 416.78 '" '\ l Balance, Dec. 31, 1959 ...... 1...... $1,524.93 ) The Louis Knott Koontz F\md BaJ.ance, Jan.. 1, 1959...... $1,626.% Inc"'s: Inter.. t...... 116.57 _Total. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • $1,743. 53

ExpenditureB : Anrd for 1959...... $100.00 ~ jf Balancs, !leo. 31, 1959...... $1,643.53 February 1, 1960. JOHN A. SCHUTZ, Secreta.r;r-Treasurer.

"" *Branch funds are depJeited in the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles, and California Bank, Spring 8lld Second Street Branch. ( **Intereat fran all .funds in Lincoln Savings credited to Koontz Fund. ( (

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